Isabella Fabietti, Giulia Grassini, Sara Savelli, Roberta Vicario, Anita Romiti, Milena Viggiano, Chiara Vassallo, Laura Valfrè, Paola Giliberti, Irma Capolupo, Marco Bonito, Pietro Bagolan, Francesco Morini, Leonardo Caforio
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate fetal brain development using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) in CDH (congenital diaphragmatic hernia). METHODS: 52 isolated left CDH and 104 control fetuses were imaged using MRI. Brain morphometry (Biparietal diameter-BPD, brain fronto-occipital diameter-BFOD, third ventricle, posterior ventricles, transcerebellar diameter-TCD, anteroposterior and craniocaudal cerebellar vermis diameter-AP and CC) and cortical structures (bilateral cingulate fissure-CF, insular fissure-IF, insular depth - ID) were compared with controls using Mann-Whitney test...
July 2023: Prenatal Diagnosis