Prenatal Diagnosis of Berry Syndrome by Fetal Echocardiography

Ultrasound Q. 2025 Jan 21;41(1):e00700. doi: 10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000700. eCollection 2025 Mar 1.

Abstract

Berry syndrome is a rare combination of cardiac malformations, which is characterized by the following malformations, including the aortopulmonary window, aortic right pulmonary origin, interrupted aortic arch or hypoplastic aortic arch or coarctation of the aorta, and an intact ventricular septum. There are few reviews on prenatal diagnosis of Berry syndrome by fetal echocardiography. We used sequential cross-sectional scanning from apex to bottom of the heart to find aortic right pulmonary origin, aortopulmonary window, and hypoplastic aortic arch. This process is like opening a Chinese scroll painting, and the picture gradually extends to reveal the whole picture. As far as we concerned, this is the first report of prenatal diagnosis with Berry syndrome through sequential cross-sectional scanning.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnostic imaging
  • Adult
  • Aorta, Thoracic / abnormalities
  • Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta, Thoracic / embryology
  • Echocardiography* / methods
  • Female
  • Fetal Heart / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / embryology
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Syndrome
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal* / methods