Prenatal and postnatal imaging of multiple intracranial lipomas: report of a case

Fetal Diagn Ther. 2011;30(2):160-2. doi: 10.1159/000329561. Epub 2011 Aug 26.

Abstract

Objectives: To report the antenatal pictures of a fetus with multiple intracranial lipomas.

Methods: A 36-year-old primigravida, 33 weeks of gestation, was referred to our ultrasound laboratory due to sonographic suspicion of an intracranial hemorrhage.

Results: At 2D and 3D ultrasound imaging, three separated round-shaped hyperechoic intracranial masses compatible with multiple lipomas were documented. Absence of corpus callosum was associated. Sonographic findings were confirmed by antenatal and postnatal MRI.

Conclusions: Multiple intracranial lipomas in a fetus with absent corpus callosum have been infrequently described. Prognostic implications remain uncertain.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lipoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lipoma / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pregnancy
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal*