Delia Roxana Ungureanu, Roxana Cristina Drăgușin, Răzvan Grigoraș Căpitănescu, Lucian Zorilă, Anca Maria Istrate Ofițeru, Cristian Marinaș, Ciprian Laurențiu Pătru, Alexandru Cristian Comănescu, Maria Cristina Comănescu, Ovidiu Costinel Sîrbu, Maria-Sidonia Vrabie, Lorena Anda Dijmărescu, Ioana Streață, Florin Burada, Mihai Ioana, Alice Nicoleta Drăgoescu, Dominic Gabriel Iliescu
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the potential of the first-trimester ultrasound (US) features for the detection of central nervous system (CNS) anomalies. Methods/Methodology: This is a prospective one-center three-year study. Unselected singleton pregnant women were examined using an extended first-trimester anomaly scan (FTAS) that included the CNS assessment: the calvaria shape, the septum (falx cerebri), the aspect of the lateral ventricles, the presence of the third ventricle and aqueduct of Sylvius (AS) and the posterior brain morphometry: the fourth ventricle, namely intracranial translucency (IT), brain stem/brain stem-occipital bone ratio (BS/BSOB) and cisterna magna (CM)...
January 9, 2023: Brain Sciences