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2. Role of prenatal magnetic resonance imaging in fetuses with isolated severe ventriculomegaly at neurosonography: A multicenter study
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Di Mascio, Daniele, Khalil, Asma, Pilu, Gianluigi, Rizzo, Giuseppe, Caulo, Massimo, Liberati, Marco, Giancotti, Antonella, Lees, Christoph, Volpe, Paolo, Buca, Danilo, Oronzi, Ludovica, D'Amico, Alice, Tinari, Sara, Stampalija, Tamara, Fantasia, Ilaria, Pasquini, Lucia, Masini, Giulia, Brunelli, Roberto, D'Ambrosio, Valentina, Muzii, Ludovico, Manganaro, Lucia, Antonelli, Amanda, Ercolani, Giada, Ciulla, Sandra, Saccone, Gabriele, Maruotti, Giuseppe Maria, Carbone, Luigi, Zullo, Fulvio, Olivieri, Claudiana, Ghi, Tullio, Frusca, Tiziana, Dall'Asta, Andrea, Visentin, Silvia, Cosmi, Erich, Forlani, Francesco, Galindo, Alberto, Villalain, Cecilia, Herraiz, Ignacio, Sileo, Filomena Giulia, Mendez Quintero, Olivia, Salsi, Ginevra, Bracalente, Gabriella, Morales-Roselló, José, Loscalzo, Gabriela, Pellegrino, Marcella, De Santis, Marco, Lanzone, Antonio, Parazzini, Cecilia, Lanna, Mariano, Ormitti, Francesca, Toni, Francesco, Murru, Flora, Di Maurizio, Marco, Trincia, Elena, Garcia, Raquel, Bennike Bjørn Petersen, Olav, Neerup, Lisa, Sandager, Puk, Prefumo, Federico, Pinelli, Lorenzo, Mappa, Ilenia, Acuti Martellucci, Cecilia, Flacco, Maria Elena, Manzoli, Lamberto, Giangiordano, Ilaria, Nappi, Luigi, Scambia, Giovanni, Berghella, Vincenzo, and D'Antonio, Francesco
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- 2021
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3. Outcomes in pregnancies with a confined placental mosaicism and implications for prenatal screening using cell-free DNA
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Grati, Francesca Romana, Ferreira, Jose, Benn, Peter, Izzi, Claudia, Verdi, Federica, Vercellotti, Elena, Dalpiaz, Cristina, D’Ajello, Patrizia, Filippi, Elisa, Volpe, Nicola, Malvestiti, Francesca, Maggi, Federico, Simoni, Giuseppe, Frusca, Tiziana, Cirelli, Gaetana, Bracalente, Gabriella, Re, Antonino Lo, Surico, Daniela, Ghi, Tullio, and Prefumo, Federico
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- 2020
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4. Role of fetal magnetic resonance imaging in fetuses with congenital cytomegalovirus infection: multicenter study
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Di Mascio, D., Rizzo, G., Khalil, A., D'Antonio, F., Di Mascio, Daniele, Rizzo, Giuseppe, Khalil, Asma, Giancotti, Antonella, Manganaro, Lucia, Visentin, Silvia, Cosmi, Erich, Prefumo, Federico, Stampalija, Tamara, D'Ambrosio, Valentina, Brunelli, Roberto, Liberati, Marco, Buca, Danilo, Matarrelli, Barbara, D'Amico, Alice, Oronzii, Ludovica, Tinari, Sara, Caulo, Massimo, Gentile, Luigia, Fantasia, Ilaria, Mappa, Ilenia, Maruotti, Giuseppe Maria, Saccone, Gabriele, Carbone, Luigi, Sarno, Laura, Bracalente, Gabriella, Bertucci, Emma, Sileo, Filomena Giulia, Pellegrino, Marcella, De Santis, Marco, Lanzone, Antonio, Pinelli, Lorenzo, Murru, Flora, Trincia, Elena, Pajno, Cristina, Sorrenti, Sara, Vasciaveo, Lorenzo, Nappi, Luigi, Greco, Pantaleo, D'Antonio, Francesco, Di Mascio, D., Rizzo, G., Khalil, A., D'Antonio, F., Di Mascio, Daniele, Rizzo, Giuseppe, Khalil, Asma, Giancotti, Antonella, Manganaro, Lucia, Visentin, Silvia, Cosmi, Erich, Prefumo, Federico, Stampalija, Tamara, D'Ambrosio, Valentina, Brunelli, Roberto, Liberati, Marco, Buca, Danilo, Matarrelli, Barbara, D'Amico, Alice, Oronzii, Ludovica, Tinari, Sara, Caulo, Massimo, Gentile, Luigia, Fantasia, Ilaria, Mappa, Ilenia, Maruotti, Giuseppe Maria, Saccone, Gabriele, Carbone, Luigi, Sarno, Laura, Bracalente, Gabriella, Bertucci, Emma, Sileo, Filomena Giulia, Pellegrino, Marcella, De Santis, Marco, Lanzone, Antonio, Pinelli, Lorenzo, Murru, Flora, Trincia, Elena, Pajno, Cristina, Sorrenti, Sara, Vasciaveo, Lorenzo, Nappi, Luigi, Greco, Pantaleo, and D'Antonio, Francesco
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Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,CMV ,MRI ,cytomegalovirus ,hearing loss ,infection ,neurosonography ,ultrasound ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,General Medicine ,Reproductive Medicine ,Settore MED/40 ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging - Abstract
To investigate the role of fetal brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting associated anomalies in fetuses with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and normal neurosonography.This was a multicenter, retrospective cohort study of patients examined between 2012 and 2021 in 11 referral fetal medicine centers in Italy. Inclusion criteria were fetuses with congenital CMV infection diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction analysis of amniotic fluid, pregnancies that underwent detailed multiplanar ultrasound assessment of the fetal brain as recommended by the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, maternal age ≥ 18 years, normal fetal karyotype and MRI performed within 3 weeks after the last ultrasound examination. The primary outcome was the rate of central nervous system (CNS) anomalies detected exclusively on MRI and confirmed after birth or autopsy in fetuses with a prenatal diagnosis of congenital CMV infection and normal neurosonography at diagnosis. Additional CNS anomalies were classified into anomalies of the ventricular and the periventricular zone, intracranial calcifications in the basal ganglia or germinal matrix, destructive encephalopathy in the white matter, malformations of cortical development, midline anomalies, posterior fossa anomalies and complex brain anomalies. We evaluated the relationship between the incidence of structural CNS malformations diagnosed exclusively on fetal MRI and a number of maternal and gestational characteristics. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify and adjust for potential independent predictors of the MRI diagnosis of fetal anomalies.The analysis included 95 fetuses with a prenatal diagnosis of congenital CMV infection and normal neurosonography referred for prenatal MRI. The rate of structural anomalies detected exclusively at fetal MRI was 10.5% (10/95). When considering the type of anomaly, malformations of cortical development were detected on MRI in 40.0% (4/10) of fetuses, destructive encephalopathy in 20.0% (2/10), intracranial calcifications in the germinal matrix in 10.0% (1/10) and complex CNS anomalies in 30.0% (3/10). On multivariate logistic regression analysis, only CMV viral load in the amniotic fluid, expressed as a continuous variable (odds ratio (OR), 1.16 (95% CI, 1.02-1.21); P = 0.02) or categorical variable ( 100 000 copies/mL) (OR, 12.0 (95% CI, 1.2-124.7); P = 0.04), was independently associated with the likelihood of detecting fetal anomalies on MRI. Associated anomalies were detected exclusively at birth and missed by both prenatal neurosonography and fetal MRI in 3.8% (3/80) of fetuses with congenital CMV infection.Fetal brain MRI can detect additional anomalies in a significant proportion of fetuses with congenital CMV infection and negative neurosonography. Viral load in the amniotic fluid was an independent predictor of the risk of associated anomalies in these fetuses. The findings of this study support a longitudinal evaluation using fetal MRI in congenital CMV infection, even in cases with negative neurosonography at diagnosis. © 2022 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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- 2023
5. Obliterated cavum septi pellucidi: Clinical significance and role of fetal magnetic resonance
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Fantasia, Ilaria, primary, Ciardo, Claudia, additional, Bracalente, Gabriella, additional, Filippi, Elisa, additional, Murru, Flora Maria, additional, Spezzacatene, Anita, additional, Bin, Maura, additional, Mendez Quintero, Olivia, additional, Montaguti, Elisa, additional, Lees, Christoph, additional, Papanikolaou, Katherine, additional, Pilu, Gianluigi, additional, Prefumo, Federico, additional, Thilaganathan, Baskaran, additional, and Stampalija, Tamara, additional
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- 2023
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6. Corrigendum to “The Italian guidelines on ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology: Executive summary of recommendations for practice” [Eur. J. Obstetrics Gynecol. 279 (2022) 176–182]
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Aprile, Anna, primary, Calì, Giuseppe, additional, Chianchiano, Nicola, additional, Chiappa, Valentina, additional, Corbella, Paola, additional, D'Addario, Vincenzo, additional, Dall'Asta, Andrea, additional, De Robertis, Valentina, additional, Exacustos, Caterina, additional, Familiari, Alessandra, additional, Fichera, Anna, additional, Formigoni, chiara, additional, Frusca, Tiziana, additional, Ghi, Tullio, additional, Guerriero, Stefano, additional, Iuculano, Ambra, additional, Labate, Francesco, additional, Martinelli, Pasquale, additional, Monni, Giovanni, additional, Morlano, Maddalena, additional, Nonino, Francesco, additional, Olivieri, Claudiana, additional, Paladini, Dario, additional, Peddes, Cristina, additional, Prefumo, Federico, additional, Rizzo, Giuseppe, additional, Rustico, Mariangela, additional, Sarno, Laura, additional, Sciacovelli, Irene, additional, Sciarrone, Andrea, additional, Stampalija, Tamara, additional, Taddei, Fabrizio, additional, Todros, Tullia, additional, Valensise, Herbert, additional, Vergani, Patrizia, additional, Volpe, Nicola, additional, Volpe, Paolo, additional, Votino, Carmela, additional, Bettoncelli, Germano, additional, Bracalente, Gabriella, additional, Collini Ceccatelli, Monica, additional, Costantini, Mariapaola, additional, D'Aloia, Antonino, additional, Ferrazzi, Enrico, additional, Giorlandino, Claudio, additional, Locci, Mariavittoria, additional, Verrotti di Pianella, Carla, additional, Viora, Elsa, additional, Zoia, Riccardo, additional, Bilardo, Katia, additional, and Vicar, Maria, additional
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- 2023
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7. Resolution of Fetal hydrops-not a favorable outcome in congenital pulmonary malformation type 1: A case report with review of literature
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Gobbi, Dalia, primary, Filippi, Elisa, additional, Bracalente, Gabriella, additional, Baciorri, Francesca, additional, and Midrio, Paola, additional
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- 2023
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8. First trimester lower abdominal cysts as early predictor of anorectal malformations.
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Erculiani, Marta, Trovalusci, Emanuele, Zanatta, Cinzia, De Lorenzis, Maria Sonia, Filippi, Elisa, Bracalente, Gabriella, and Midrio, Paola
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Introduction: Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of anorectal malformations (ARMs) is challenging and often missed as direct visualization of the anal sphincter is not routinely performed, plus the technique is operator-dependent and inaccurate, also in expert hands. Other indirect signs, such as rectosigmoid overdistension or intraluminal calcifications, are occasionally present in late pregnancy. The detection of a cyst of the lower abdomen in the first trimester may be an early sign of ARM. Here we reported our experience and a review of the literature of such cases. Material and methods: Isolated cases of lower abdomen cysts encountered in the first trimester at the Prenatal Diagnosis Unit during the last 5 years were retrieved and compared with those found in literature. Post-natal clinical data were analyzed to check the presence and type of malformations. Results: A total of three cases of lower abdomen cysts were found in our center and 13 in literature. In our case series all the cysts spontaneously regressed and were no longer visible since the second trimester of pregnancy, while in literature this was reported in only 4 out of 13 cases. ARM was confirmed in all patients at birth or post-mortem. Conclusions: The finding of a lower abdomen cyst during the first trimester of pregnancy could be an early predictive sign of ARM, even if it disappears during pregnancy. In these cases, we suggest mentioning to the parents the possibility of an ARM during the counseling and to refer the couple to a Colorectal Center. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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9. Role of prenatal magnetic resonance imaging in fetuses with isolated severe ventriculomegaly at neurosonography:A multicenter study
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Di Mascio, Daniele, Khalil, Asma, Pilu, Gianluigi, Rizzo, Giuseppe, Caulo, Massimo, Liberati, Marco, Giancotti, Antonella, Lees, Christoph, Volpe, Paolo, Buca, Danilo, Oronzi, Ludovica, D'Amico, Alice, Tinari, Sara, Stampalija, Tamara, Fantasia, Ilaria, Pasquini, Lucia, Masini, Giulia, Brunelli, Roberto, D'Ambrosio, Valentina, Muzii, Ludovico, Manganaro, Lucia, Antonelli, Amanda, Ercolani, Giada, Ciulla, Sandra, Saccone, Gabriele, Maruotti, Giuseppe Maria, Carbone, Luigi, Zullo, Fulvio, Olivieri, Claudiana, Ghi, Tullio, Frusca, Tiziana, Dall'Asta, Andrea, Visentin, Silvia, Cosmi, Erich, Forlani, Francesco, Galindo, Alberto, Villalain, Cecilia, Herraiz, Ignacio, Sileo, Filomena Giulia, Mendez Quintero, Olivia, Salsi, Ginevra, Bracalente, Gabriella, Morales-Roselló, José, Loscalzo, Gabriela, Pellegrino, Marcella, De Santis, Marco, Lanzone, Antonio, Parazzini, Cecilia, Lanna, Mariano, Ormitti, Francesca, Toni, Francesco, Murru, Flora, Di Maurizio, Marco, Trincia, Elena, Garcia, Raquel, Bennike Bjørn Petersen, Olav, Neerup, Lisa, Sandager, Puk, Prefumo, Federico, Pinelli, Lorenzo, Mappa, Ilenia, Acuti Martellucci, Cecilia, Flacco, Maria Elena, Manzoli, Lamberto, Giangiordano, Ilaria, Nappi, Luigi, Scambia, Giovanni, Berghella, Vincenzo, D'Antonio, Francesco, Di Mascio, Daniele, Khalil, Asma, Pilu, Gianluigi, Rizzo, Giuseppe, Caulo, Massimo, Liberati, Marco, Giancotti, Antonella, Lees, Christoph, Volpe, Paolo, Buca, Danilo, Oronzi, Ludovica, D'Amico, Alice, Tinari, Sara, Stampalija, Tamara, Fantasia, Ilaria, Pasquini, Lucia, Masini, Giulia, Brunelli, Roberto, D'Ambrosio, Valentina, Muzii, Ludovico, Manganaro, Lucia, Antonelli, Amanda, Ercolani, Giada, Ciulla, Sandra, Saccone, Gabriele, Maruotti, Giuseppe Maria, Carbone, Luigi, Zullo, Fulvio, Olivieri, Claudiana, Ghi, Tullio, Frusca, Tiziana, Dall'Asta, Andrea, Visentin, Silvia, Cosmi, Erich, Forlani, Francesco, Galindo, Alberto, Villalain, Cecilia, Herraiz, Ignacio, Sileo, Filomena Giulia, Mendez Quintero, Olivia, Salsi, Ginevra, Bracalente, Gabriella, Morales-Roselló, José, Loscalzo, Gabriela, Pellegrino, Marcella, De Santis, Marco, Lanzone, Antonio, Parazzini, Cecilia, Lanna, Mariano, Ormitti, Francesca, Toni, Francesco, Murru, Flora, Di Maurizio, Marco, Trincia, Elena, Garcia, Raquel, Bennike Bjørn Petersen, Olav, Neerup, Lisa, Sandager, Puk, Prefumo, Federico, Pinelli, Lorenzo, Mappa, Ilenia, Acuti Martellucci, Cecilia, Flacco, Maria Elena, Manzoli, Lamberto, Giangiordano, Ilaria, Nappi, Luigi, Scambia, Giovanni, Berghella, Vincenzo, and D'Antonio, Francesco
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Objective: The aim of this study was to report the rate of additional anomalies detected exclusively at prenatal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in fetuses with isolated severe ventriculomegaly undergoing neurosonography. Method: Multicenter, retrospective, cohort study involving 20 referral fetal medicine centers in Italy, United Kingdom, Spain and Denmark. Inclusion criteria were fetuses affected by isolated severe ventriculomegaly (≥15 mm), defined as ventriculomegaly with normal karyotype and no other additional central nervous system (CNS) and extra-CNS anomalies on ultrasound. In all cases, a multiplanar assessment of fetal brain as suggested by ISUOG guidelines on fetal neurosonography had been performed. The primary outcome was the rate of additional CNS anomalies detected exclusively at fetal MRI within two weeks from neurosonography. Subgroup analyses according to gestational age at MRI (
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- 2021
10. Role of prenatal magnetic resonance imaging in fetuses with isolated anomalies of corpus callosum: multinational study
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Sileo, Filomena Giulia, Pilu, Gianluigi, Prayer, Daniela, Rizzo, Giuseppe, Khalil, Asma, Managanaro, Lucia, Volpe, Paolo, Van Mieghem, Tim, Bertucci, Emma, Morales Rosello, Jose, Facchinetti, Fabio, Di Mascio, Daniele, Stampalija, Tamara, Buca, Danilo, Tinari, Sara, Oronzi, Ludovica, Ercolani, Giada, D'Amico, Alice, Matarrelli, Barbara, Cerra, Chiara, Fantasia, Ilaria, Pasquini, Lucia, Masini, Giulia, Olivieri, Claudiana, Ghi, Tullio, Frusca, Tiziana, Dall'Asta, Andrea, Visentin, Silvia, Cosmi, Erich, D'Errico, Ignazio, Villalain, Cecilia, Quintero, Olivia Mendez, Giancotti, Antonella, D'Ambrosio, Valentina, Antonelli, Amanda, Caulo, Massimo, Panara, Valentina, De Santis, Marco, Mappa, Ilenia, Prefumo, Federico, Pinelli, Lorenzo, Loscalzo, Gabriela, Bracalente, Gabriella, Liberati, Marco, Filippi, Elisa, Trincia, Elena, Pateisky, Petra, Kiss, Herbert, Curado, Joana, Almeida, Marta, Santos, Antonia, Galindo, Alberto, D'Antonio, Francesco, and ENSO Working Grp
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corpus callosum ,prenatal diagnosis ,fetal ultrasound ,fetal magnetic resonance imaging ,central nervous system ,MRI ,neurosonography - Abstract
Objective To assess the performance of fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting associated anomalies in fetuses diagnosed with isolated corpus callosal (CC) anomaly on multiplanar ultrasound evaluation of the fetal brain (neurosonography). Methods This was a multicenter, retrospective cohort study involving 14 fetal medicine centers in Italy, UK, Portugal, Canada, Austria and Spain. Inclusion criteria were fetuses with an apparently isolated CC anomaly, defined as an anomaly of the CC and no other additional central nervous system (CNS) or extra-CNS abnormality detected on expert ultrasound, including multiplanar neurosonography; normal karyotype; maternal age >= 18 years; and gestational age at diagnosis >= 18 weeks. The primary outcome was the rate of additional CNS abnormalities detected exclusively on fetal MRI within 2 weeks following neurosonography. The secondary outcomes were the rate of additional abnormalities according to the type of CC abnormality (complete (cACC) or partial (pACC) agenesis of the CC) and the rate of additional anomalies detected only on postnatal imaging or at postmortem examination. Results A total of 269 fetuses with a sonographic prenatal diagnosis of apparently isolated CC anomalies (207 with cACC and 62 with pACC) were included in the analysis. Additional structural anomalies of the CNS were detected exclusively on prenatal MRI in 11.2% (30/269) of cases, with malformations of cortical development representing the most common type of anomaly. When stratifying the analysis according to the type of CC anomaly, the rate of associated anomalies detected exclusively on MRI was 11.6% (24/207) in cACC cases and 9.7% (6/62) in pACC cases. On multivariate logistic regression analysis, only maternal body mass index was associated independently with the likelihood of detecting associated anomalies on MRI (odds ratio, 1.07 (95% CI, 1.01-1.14); P = 0.03). Associated anomalies were detected exclusively after delivery and were missed on both types of prenatal imaging in 3.9% (8/205) of fetuses with prenatal diagnosis of isolated anomaly of the CC. Conclusion In fetuses with isolated anomaly of the CC diagnosed on antenatal neurosonography, MRI can identify a small proportion of additional anomalies, mainly malformations of cortical development, which are not detected on ultrasound. (c) 2021 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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- 2021
11. Midtrimester amniotic fluid concentrations of interleukin-6 and interferon-gamma-inducible protein-10: evidence for heterogeneity of intra-amniotic inflammation and associations with spontaneous early (<32 weeks) and late (>32 weeks) preterm delivery
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Gervasi, Maria-Teresa, Romero, Roberto, Bracalente, Gabriella, Erez, Offer, Dong, Zhong, Hassan, Sonia S., Yeo, Lami, Yoon, Bo Hyun, and Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn
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12. Outcomes in Pregnancies With a Confined Placental Mosaicism and Implications for Prenatal Screening Using Cell-Free DNA
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Grati, Francesca Romana, primary, Ferreira, Jose, additional, Benn, Peter, additional, Izzi, Claudia, additional, Verdi, Federica, additional, Vercellotti, Elena, additional, Dalpiaz, Cristina, additional, D’Ajello, Patrizia, additional, Filippi, Elisa, additional, Volpe, Nicola, additional, Malvestiti, Francesca, additional, Maggi, Federico, additional, Simoni, Giuseppe, additional, Frusca, Tiziana, additional, Cirelli, Gaetana, additional, Bracalente, Gabriella, additional, Re, Antonino Lo, additional, Surico, Daniela, additional, Ghi, Tullio, additional, and Prefumo, Federico, additional
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- 2020
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13. Midtrimester amniotic fluid concentrations of interleukin-6 and interferon-gamma-inducible protein-10: evidence for heterogeneity of intra-amniotic inflammation and associations with spontaneous early (< 32 weeks) and late (> 32 weeks) preterm delivery
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Gervasi, Maria-Teresa, Romero, Roberto, Bracalente, Gabriella, Erez, Offer, Dong, Zhong, Hassan, Sonia S., Yeo, Lami, Yoon, Bo Hyun, and Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn
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Adult ,Chemokine CXCL10 ,Chorioamnionitis ,Interleukin-6 ,Pregnancy ,Humans ,Premature Birth ,Female ,Gestational Age ,Amniotic Fluid ,Article - Abstract
Intra-amniotic inflammation is traditionally defined as an elevation of amniotic fluid interleukin (IL)-6. Previous case control studies have suggested an association between an elevated midtrimester amniotic fluid IL-6 and preterm delivery, although such an association has been recently challenged. Intra-amniotic inflammation can also be defined by an elevation of the T-cell chemokine, Interferon-gamma-inducible protein (IP)-10. An elevation in amniotic fluid IP-10 has been associated with chronic chorioamnionitis, a lesion frequently found in late spontaneous preterm birth and fetal death. In contrast, an elevation in amniotic fluid IL-6 is typically associated with acute chorioamnionitis and funisitis. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between an elevation in amniotic fluid IL-6 in the midtrimester and preterm delivery at or before 32 weeks of gestation, and the amniotic fluid concentration of IP-10 and preterm delivery after 32 weeks of gestation.This cohort study included 847 consecutive women undergoing genetic midtrimester amniocentesis; in 796 cases, amniotic fluid and pregnancy outcome was available for study after exclusion of abnormal karyotype and/or fetal congenital anomalies. Spontaneous preterm delivery was defined as early (≤32 weeks) or late (after 32 completed weeks of pregnancy). The amniotic fluid and maternal blood concentrations of IL-6 and IP-10 were measured by specific immunoassays.1) The prevalence of preterm delivery was 8.3% (66/796), while those of early and late spontaneous preterm delivery were 1.5% (n=12), and 4.5% (n=36), respectively; 2) patients who had a spontaneous preterm delivery after 32 weeks of gestation had a higher median amniotic fluid IP-10 concentration than those who delivered at term [median 713 pg/mL, inter-quartile range (IQR) 509-1427 pg/mL vs. median 589 pg/mL, IQR 402-953 pg/mL; P=0.006] and an elevation of amniotic fluid IP-10 concentration above 502 pg/mL (derived from an ROC curve) was associated with late spontaneous preterm delivery [odds ratio 3.9 (95% CI 1.6-9.9)]; 3) patients who had a spontaneous preterm delivery ≤32 weeks of gestation had a higher median amniotic fluid IL-6 concentration than those who delivered at term [median 2052 pg/mL, IQR 435-3015 pg/mL vs. median 414 pg/mL, IQR 209-930 pg/mL; P=0.006], and an elevated amniotic fluid IL-6 concentration above 1740 pg/mL (derived from an ROC curve) was associated with early spontaneous preterm delivery [odds ratio 9.5 (95% CI 2.9-31.1)]; 4) subclinical intra-amniotic inflammation, defined as an elevation of IL-6 (≥2.9 ng/mL) or IP-10 (≥2.2 ng/mL) concentration above the 95th percentile of patients who had uncomplicated term delivery (n=652 for IL-6 and n=633 for IP-10), was observed in 6.3% (50/796) and 5.8% (45/770) of cases, respectively. Although each type of inflammation is a risk factor for spontaneous preterm delivery, many patients had a term delivery without complication; 5) the amniotic fluid in the midtrimester did not contain microorganisms detectable with cultivation techniques.INTRA-amniotic inflammation is heterogeneous. Some patients have elevated amniotic fluid concentrations of IL-6, and are at risk for spontaneous preterm delivery before 32 weeks of gestation, while others have an elevated IP-10 (a chemotactic T-cell chemokine) and such patients are at risk for spontaneous preterm delivery after 32 weeks of gestation. A fraction of patients have subclinical intra-amniotic inflammation and deliver at term. The clinical significance of this condition remains to be determined.
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14. Prenatal phenotype of Williams–Beuren syndrome and of the reciprocal duplication syndrome
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Marcato, Livia, primary, Turolla, Licia, additional, Pompilii, Eva, additional, Dupont, Celine, additional, Gruchy, Nicolas, additional, De Toffol, Simona, additional, Bracalente, Gabriella, additional, Bacrot, Severine, additional, Troilo, Enzo, additional, Tabet, Anne C., additional, Rossi, Sabrina, additional, Delezoïde, Anne L., additional, Baldo, Demetrio, additional, Leporrier, Nathalie, additional, Maggi, Federico, additional, Molin, Arnaud, additional, Pilu, Gianluigi, additional, Simoni, Giuseppe, additional, Vialard, Francois, additional, and Grati, Francesca R., additional
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- 2014
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15. Viral invasion of the amniotic cavity (VIAC) in the midtrimester of pregnancy
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Gervasi, Maria-Teresa, primary, Romero, Roberto, additional, Bracalente, Gabriella, additional, Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn, additional, Erez, Offer, additional, Dong, Zhong, additional, Hassan, Sonia S., additional, Yeo, Lami, additional, Yoon, Bo Hyun, additional, Mor, Gil, additional, Barzon, Luisa, additional, Franchin, Elisa, additional, Militello, Valentina, additional, and Palù, Giorgio, additional
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- 2012
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16. EXIT (Ex UteroIntrapartum Treatment) technique – Management of a giant fetal lymphangioma
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Pascoli, Irene, primary, Gritti, Alessandra, additional, Cutrone, Cesare, additional, Presotto, Sandro, additional, Bendini, Matteo, additional, Bordignon, Linda, additional, Stampalija, Tamara, additional, and Bracalente, Gabriella, additional
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- 2010
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17. EXIT (Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment) technique - Management of a giant fetal lymphangioma
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Pascoli, Irene, primary, Gritti, Alessandra, additional, Cutrone, Cesare, additional, Presotto, Sandro, additional, Bendini, Matteo, additional, Bordignon, Linda, additional, Stampalija, Tamara, additional, and Bracalente, Gabriella, additional
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- 2009
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18. EXIT ( Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment) technique – Management of a giant fetal lymphangioma.
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Pascoli, Irene, Gritti, Alessandra, Cutrone, Cesare, Presotto, Sandro, Bendini, Matteo, Bordignon, Linda, Stampalija, Tamara, and Bracalente, Gabriella
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LETTERS to the editor ,FETAL diseases - Abstract
A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article on management of a giant fetal lymphangioma that was published in a previous issue.
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19. Role of prenatal magnetic resonance imaging in fetuses with isolated severe ventriculomegaly at neurosonography: A multicenter study
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Paolo Volpe, Sara Tinari, Vincenzo Berghella, Francesca Ormitti, Francesco Toni, Olav Bennike Bjørn Petersen, Erich Cosmi, Ludovica Oronzi, Alberto Galindo, Marco De Santis, José Morales-Roselló, Lucia Manganaro, Marcella Pellegrino, Gabriela Loscalzo, Giada Ercolani, Lorenzo Pinelli, Giovanni Scambia, Asma Khalil, Flora Murru, Federico Prefumo, Puk Sandager, Daniele Di Mascio, Tamara Stampalija, F. Forlani, Giuseppe Rizzo, Ignacio Herraiz, Cecilia Parazzini, A. Lanzone, Giulia Masini, Gabriele Saccone, Luigi Carbone, Ilaria Giangiordano, Danilo Buca, Marco Liberati, Gianluigi Pilu, Ilenia Mappa, Elena Trincia, Tiziana Frusca, Silvia Visentin, Tullio Ghi, Luigi Nappi, Mariano Lanna, Francesco D'Antonio, Claudiana Olivieri, Christoph Lees, Sandra Ciulla, Ilaria Fantasia, Cecilia Acuti Martellucci, Maria Elena Flacco, Valentina D'Ambrosio, Giuseppe Maria Maruotti, Andrea Dall'Asta, Marco Di Maurizio, Massimo Caulo, Fulvio Zullo, Lamberto Manzoli, Cecilia Villalain, Olivia Mendez Quintero, Ludovico Muzii, Filomena Giulia Sileo, Raquel Garcia, Antonella Giancotti, Lucia Pasquini, Gabriella Bracalente, Roberto Brunelli, Amanda Antonelli, Alice D'Amico, Lisa Neerup, Ginevra Salsi, Di Mascio, D., Khalil, A., Pilu, G., Rizzo, G., Caulo, M., Liberati, M., Giancotti, A., Lees, C., Volpe, P., Buca, D., Oronzi, L., D'Amico, A., Tinari, S., Stampalija, T., Fantasia, I., Pasquini, L., Masini, G., Brunelli, R., D'Ambrosio, V., Muzii, L., Manganaro, L., Antonelli, A., Ercolani, G., Ciulla, S., Saccone, G., Maruotti, G. M., Carbone, L., Zullo, F., Olivieri, C., Ghi, T., Frusca, T., Dall'Asta, A., Visentin, S., Cosmi, E., Forlani, F., Galindo, A., Villalain, C., Herraiz, I., Sileo, F. G., Mendez Quintero, O., Salsi, G., Bracalente, G., Morales-Rosello, J., Loscalzo, G., Pellegrino, M., De Santis, M., Lanzone, A., Parazzini, C., Lanna, M., Ormitti, F., Toni, F., Murru, F., Di Maurizio, M., Trincia, E., Garcia, R., Bennike Bjorn Petersen, O., Neerup, L., Sandager, P., Prefumo, F., Pinelli, L., Mappa, I., Acuti Martellucci, C., Flacco, M. E., Manzoli, L., Giangiordano, I., Nappi, L., Scambia, G., Berghella, V., D'Antonio, F., Di Mascio, Daniele, Khalil, Asma, Pilu, Gianluigi, Rizzo, Giuseppe, Caulo, Massimo, Liberati, Marco, Giancotti, Antonella, Lees, Christoph, Volpe, Paolo, Buca, Danilo, Oronzi, Ludovica, D'Amico, Alice, Tinari, Sara, Stampalija, Tamara, Fantasia, Ilaria, Pasquini, Lucia, Masini, Giulia, Brunelli, Roberto, D'Ambrosio, Valentina, Muzii, Ludovico, Manganaro, Lucia, Antonelli, Amanda, Ercolani, Giada, Ciulla, Sandra, Saccone, Gabriele, Maruotti, Giuseppe Maria, Carbone, Luigi, Zullo, Fulvio, Olivieri, Claudiana, Ghi, Tullio, Frusca, Tiziana, Dall'Asta, Andrea, Visentin, Silvia, Cosmi, Erich, Forlani, Francesco, Galindo, Alberto, Villalain, Cecilia, Herraiz, Ignacio, Sileo, Filomena Giulia, Quintero, Olivia Mendez, Salsi, Ginevra, Bracalente, Gabriella, Morales-Roselló, José, Loscalzo, Gabriela, Pellegrino, Marcella, De Santis, Marco, Lanzone, Antonio, Parazzini, Cecilia, Lanna, Mariano, Ormitti, Francesca, Toni, Francesco, Murru, Flora, Di Maurizio, Marco, Trincia, Elena, Garcia, Raquel, Petersen, Olav Bennike Bjørn, Neerup, Lisa, Sandager, Puk, Prefumo, Federico, Pinelli, Lorenzo, Mappa, Ilenia, Martellucci, Cecilia Acuti, Flacco, Maria Elena, Manzoli, Lamberto, Giangiordano, Ilaria, Nappi, Luigi, Scambia, Giovanni, Berghella, Vincenzo, and D'Antonio, Francesco
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Central nervous system ,Fetal magnetic resonance imaging ,Fetal ultrasound ,MRI ,Neurosonography ,Prenatal diagnosis ,Ventriculomegaly ,Prenatal diagnosi ,central nervous system ,fetal magnetic resonance imaging ,fetal ultrasound ,neurosonography ,prenatal diagnosis ,ventriculomegaly ,Ultrasonography, Prenatal ,NO ,Cohort Studies ,Lesion ,Central nervous system, Fetal magnetic resonance imaging, Fetal ultrasound, MRI, Neurosonography, Prenatal diagnosis, Ventriculomegaly ,Fetus ,Pregnancy ,Humans ,Medicine ,ventriculomegaly, central nervous system, fetal magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, fetal ultrasound, neurosonography, prenatal diagnosis ,Retrospective Studies ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Ultrasound ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Gestational age ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Reproductive Medicine ,Settore MED/40 ,Gestation ,Female ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Hydrocephalus - Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to report the rate of additional anomalies detected exclusively at prenatal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in fetuses with isolated severe ventriculomegaly undergoing neurosonography. Method: Multicenter, retrospective, cohort study involving 20 referral fetal medicine centers in Italy, United Kingdom, Spain and Denmark. Inclusion criteria were fetuses affected by isolated severe ventriculomegaly (≥15 mm), defined as ventriculomegaly with normal karyotype and no other additional central nervous system (CNS) and extra-CNS anomalies on ultrasound. In all cases, a multiplanar assessment of fetal brain as suggested by ISUOG guidelines on fetal neurosonography had been performed. The primary outcome was the rate of additional CNS anomalies detected exclusively at fetal MRI within two weeks from neurosonography. Subgroup analyses according to gestational age at MRI (
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20. Role of prenatal magnetic resonance imaging in fetuses with isolated mild or moderate ventriculomegaly in the era of neurosonography: international multicenter study
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Vincenzo Berghella, Giuseppe Maria Maruotti, Francesco Toni, Gabriella Bracalente, José Morales-Roselló, Ilaria Fantasia, Karen Melchiorre, Ginevra Salsi, Giovanni Scambia, Gabriella Meccariello, Lucia Manganaro, Marco Di Maurizio, Federico Prefumo, Pierluigi Benedetti Panici, Tamara Stampalija, Christoph Lees, Giuseppe Rizzo, Giada Ercolani, Gianluigi Pilu, Paolo Volpe, Francesco D'Antonio, Basky Thilaganathan, Asma Khalil, Tullio Ghi, Alessandra Familiari, Luisa D'Oria, Luigi Nappi, Roberto Brunelli, Claudio Celentano, Marco De Santis, Ilaria Giangiordano, Danilo Buca, S. Buongiorno, Francesca Ormitti, Tiziana Frusca, Giulia Masini, Fulvio Zullo, Nicola Volpe, Luciana Mastricci, Laura Sarno, Lorenzo Vasciaveo, Massimo Caulo, Lucia Pasquini, Valentina D'Ambrosio, Maria Elena Flacco, Giulia Luise, Lamberto Manzoli, Gabriele Saccone, Antonio Lanzone, Filomena Giulia Sileo, Emma Bertucci, Antonella Giancotti, Amanda Antonelli, Gabriela Loscalzo, Luigi Carbone, Massimo Gregori, Daniele Di Mascio, Claudiana Olivieri, Marco Liberati, Andrea Dall'Asta, Lorenzo Pinelli, Di Mascio D., Khalil A., Thilaganathan B., Rizzo G., Buca D., Liberati M., Celentano C., Melchiorre K., Caulo M., Pilu G., Salsi G., Toni F., Stampalija T., Fantasia I., Luise G., Gregori M., Volpe P., Olivieri C., Giancotti A., D'Ambrosio V., Brunelli R., Panici P.B., Manganaro L., Antonelli A., Ercolani G., Pasquini L., Masini G., Di Maurizio M., Lees C., Bracalente G., Morales-Rosello J., Loscalzo G., Saccone G., Carbone L., Sarno L., Maruotti G.M., Zullo F., Ghi T., Frusca T., Dall'Asta A., Volpe N., Ormitti F., Buongiorno S., De Santis M., D'Oria L., Lanzone A., Prefumo F., Pinelli L., Bertucci E., Sileo F.G., Flacco M.E., Manzoli L., Giangiordano I., Mastricci L., Meccariello G., Vasciaveo L., Nappi L., Familiari A., Scambia G., Berghella V., D'Antonio F., Di Mascio, Daniele, Khalil, Asma, Thilaganathan, Basky, Rizzo, Giuseppe, Buca, Danilo, Liberati, Marco, Celentano, Claudio, Melchiorre, Karen, Caulo, Massimo, Pilu, Gianluigi, Salsi, Ginevra, Toni, Francesco, Stampalija, Tamara, Fantasia, Ilaria, Luise, Giulia, Gregori, Massimo, Volpe, Paolo, Olivieri, Claudiana, Giancotti, Antonella, D'Ambrosio, Valentina, Brunelli, Roberto, Benedetti Panici, Pierluigi, Manganaro, Lucia, Antonelli, Amanda, Ercolani, Giada, Pasquini, Lucia, Masini, Giulia, Di Maurizio, Marco, Lees, Christoph, Bracalente, Gabriella, Morales‐roselló, José, Loscalzo, Gabriela, Saccone, Gabriele, Carbone, Luigi, Sarno, Laura, Maruotti, GIUSEPPE MARIA, Zullo, Fulvio, Ghi, Tullio, Frusca, Tiziana, Dall'Asta, Andrea, Volpe, Nicola, Ormitti, Francesca, Buongiorno, Silvia, De Santis, Marco, D'Oria, Luisa, Lanzone, Antonio, Prefumo, Federico, Pinelli, Lorenzo, Bertucci, Emma, Giulia Sileo, Filomena, Elena Flacco, Maria, Manzoli, Lamberto, Giangiordano, Ilaria, Mastricci, Luciana, Meccariello, Gabriella, Vasciaveo, Lorenzo, Nappi, Luigi, Familiari, Alessandra, Scambia, Giovanni, Berghella, Vincenzo, D'Antonio, Francesco, Mascio, Daniele Di, Panici, Pierluigi Benedetti, Maruotti, Giuseppe Maria, Sileo, Filomena Giulia, and Flacco, Maria Elena
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Fetal magnetic resonance imaging ,central nervous system ,fetal magnetic resonance imaging ,fetal ultrasound ,MRI ,neurosonography ,prenatal diagnosis ,ventriculomegaly ,Adult ,Cohort Studies ,Europe ,Female ,Gestational Age ,Humans ,Hydrocephalus ,Predictive Value of Tests ,Pregnancy ,Retrospective Studies ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Prenatal Diagnosis ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Socio-culturale ,Fetal brain ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Fetus ,prenatal diagnosi ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Ultrasound ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Settore MED/40 - GINECOLOGIA E OSTETRICIA ,Reproductive Medicine ,Multicenter study ,embryonic structures ,Radiology ,business ,Ventriculomegaly - Abstract
Objectives: To assess the role of fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting associated anomalies in fetuses presenting with mild or moderate isolated ventriculomegaly (VM) undergoing multiplanar ultrasound evaluation of the fetal brain. Methods: This was a multicenter, retrospective, cohort study involving 15 referral fetal medicine centers in Italy, the UK and Spain. Inclusion criteria were fetuses affected by isolated mild (ventricular atrial diameter, 10.0–11.9 mm) or moderate (ventricular atrial diameter, 12.0–14.9 mm) VM on ultrasound, defined as VM with normal karyotype and no other additional central nervous system (CNS) or extra-CNS anomalies on ultrasound, undergoing detailed assessment of the fetal brain using a multiplanar approach as suggested by the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology guidelines for the fetal neurosonogram, followed by fetal MRI. The primary outcome of the study was to report the incidence of additional CNS anomalies detected exclusively on prenatal MRI and missed on ultrasound, while the secondary aim was to estimate the incidence of additional anomalies detected exclusively after birth and missed on prenatal imaging (ultrasound and MRI). Subgroup analysis according to gestational age at MRI (< 24 vs ≥ 24 weeks), laterality of VM (unilateral vs bilateral) and severity of dilatation (mild vs moderate VM) were also performed. Results: Five hundred and fifty-six fetuses with a prenatal diagnosis of isolated mild or moderate VM on ultrasound were included in the analysis. Additional structural anomalies were detected on prenatal MRI and missed on ultrasound in 5.4% (95% CI, 3.8–7.6%) of cases. When considering the type of anomaly, supratentorial intracranial hemorrhage was detected on MRI in 26.7% of fetuses, while polymicrogyria and lissencephaly were detected in 20.0% and 13.3% of cases, respectively. Hypoplasia of the corpus callosum was detected on MRI in 6.7% of cases, while dysgenesis was detected in 3.3%. Fetuses with an associated anomaly detected only on MRI were more likely to have moderate than mild VM (60.0% vs 17.7%; P < 0.001), while there was no significant difference in the proportion of cases with bilateral VM between the two groups (P = 0.2). Logistic regression analysis showed that lower maternal body mass index (adjusted odds ratio (aOR), 0.85 (95% CI, 0.7–0.99); P = 0.030), the presence of moderate VM (aOR, 5.8 (95% CI, 2.6–13.4); P < 0.001) and gestational age at MRI ≥ 24 weeks (aOR, 4.1 (95% CI, 1.1–15.3); P = 0.038) were associated independently with the probability of detecting an associated anomaly on MRI. Associated anomalies were detected exclusively at birth and missed on prenatal imaging in 3.8% of cases. Conclusions: The incidence of an associated fetal anomaly missed on ultrasound and detected only on fetal MRI in fetuses with isolated mild or moderate VM undergoing neurosonography is lower than that reported previously. The large majority of these anomalies are difficult to detect on ultrasound. The findings from this study support the practice of MRI assessment in every fetus with a prenatal diagnosis of VM, although parents can be reassured of the low risk of an associated anomaly when VM is isolated on neurosonography. Copyright © 2020 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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21. Corrigendum to "The Italian guidelines on ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology: Executive summary of recommendations for practice" [Eur. J. Obstetrics Gynecol. 279 (2022) 176-182].
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Aprile A, Calì G, Chianchiano N, Chiappa V, Corbella P, D'Addario V, Dall'Asta A, De Robertis V, Exacustos C, Familiari A, Fichera A, Formigoni C, Frusca T, Ghi T, Guerriero S, Iuculano A, Labate F, Martinelli P, Monni G, Morlano M, Nonino F, Olivieri C, Paladini D, Peddes C, Prefumo F, Rizzo G, Rustico M, Sarno L, Sciacovelli I, Sciarrone A, Stampalija T, Taddei F, Todros T, Valensise H, Vergani P, Volpe N, Volpe P, Votino C, Bettoncelli G, Bracalente G, Collini Ceccatelli M, Costantini M, D'Aloia A, Ferrazzi E, Giorlandino C, Locci M, Verrotti di Pianella C, Viora E, Zoia R, Bilardo K, and Vicar M
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