Fetal Head and Neck Imaging

Manuel Patino; Camilo Jaimes; Caroline D Robson

doi:10.1016/j.mric.2024.03.003

Fetal Head and Neck Imaging

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2024 Aug;32(3):413-430. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2024.03.003. Epub 2024 Apr 24.

Authors

Manuel Patino¹, Camilo Jaimes¹, Caroline D Robson²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Pediatric Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
² Neuroradiology Division, Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Main Building 2nd Floor, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 38944431
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2024.03.003

Abstract

Prenatal MRI plays an essential role in the evaluation of the head and neck. This article overviews technical considerations and both isolated and syndromic anomalies of the fetal calvarium, globes and orbits, ears, maxilla, mandible, and neck.

Keywords: CHAOS; Cephalocele; Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Fetal head and neck; Micrognathia; Teratoma.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Female
Head* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging* / methods
Neck* / diagnostic imaging
Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis* / methods