Prenatal Diagnosis and Outcomes of Cervical Meningocele and Myelomeningocele

Prenatal diagnosis of myelomeningocele remains challenging for obstetricians, ultrasonographers, and radiologists, although the increased maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein level aids in the confirmative diagnosis. Fetal cervical myelomeningocele and meningocele are very rare and unique types of myelo...

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Published inJournal of medical ultrasound Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 21 - 24
Main Authors Chao, An-Shine, Jhang, Lan-Sin, Hsieh, Peter Ching-Chang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 01.01.2024
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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cervical meningocele
cervical myelomeningocele
magnetic resonance imaging
prenatal diagnosis
Review
ultrasonography
Cervical meningocele
cervical myelomeningocele
magnetic resonance imaging
prenatal diagnosis
ultrasonography
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Summary:Prenatal diagnosis of myelomeningocele remains challenging for obstetricians, ultrasonographers, and radiologists, although the increased maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein level aids in the confirmative diagnosis. Fetal cervical myelomeningocele and meningocele are very rare and unique types of myelomeningocele. Prenatal diagnosis of cervical myelomeningocele and meningocele should include the differential diagnosis and association of many intracranial and spino-skeletal pathogenetic variants and genetic diseases, including subependymal nodular heterotopia and Klippel-Feil syndrome. In this report, a comprehensive review of fetal cervical myelomeningocele with its prenatal diagnosis and long-term outcomes is presented.
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ISSN:0929-6441
2212-1552
DOI:10.4103/jmu.jmu_51_23