Fetal brain death and Dandy-Walker malformation

Y Otsubo; Y Yoneyama; R Sawa; S Suzuki; T Araki

Fetal brain death and Dandy-Walker malformation

Prenat Diagn. 1999 Aug;19(8):777-9.

Authors

Y Otsubo¹, Y Yoneyama, R Sawa, S Suzuki, T Araki

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 10451529

Abstract

The diagnosis of brain death by Doppler ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging is reported in a fetus at 23 weeks' gestation. This is believed to be the first instance in which brain death has been shown in a premature fetus with a brain-stem anomaly.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abortion, Spontaneous
Adult
Brain / blood supply
Brain Death / diagnosis*
Brain Death / diagnostic imaging
Brain Death / pathology
Carotid Arteries / embryology
Carotid Arteries / physiopathology
Dandy-Walker Syndrome / diagnosis*
Dandy-Walker Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Dandy-Walker Syndrome / pathology
Female
Fetal Diseases / diagnosis*
Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Fetal Diseases / pathology
Heart Rate, Fetal
Humans
Laser-Doppler Flowmetry
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimester, Second
Regional Blood Flow
Ultrasonography, Doppler
Ultrasonography, Prenatal*