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Value of Prenatal Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Assessment of Congenital Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection

Authors :
Lipitz, S.
Hoffman, C.
Feldman, B.
Tepperberg-Dikawa, M.
Schiff, E.
Weisz, B.
Source :
Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey; March 2011, Vol. 66 Issue: 3 p133-135, 3p
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

A high percentage of infants with maternally derived first-or second-trimester cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection develop long-term severe adverse developmental sequelae, such as deafness, impaired vision, or neurological abnormalities. Although the incidence of third-trimester infections is also high, the risk to the fetus and neonate appears to be minimal. Counseling patients about the fetal sequelae of primary CMV infection during pregnancy is based primarily on fetal ultrasound findings and more recently on results of fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Despite intensive investigation in studies of congenital primary CMV infection, the true risks to infected infants with normal ultrasound examinations and normal fetal brain MRI are unclear. Moreover, the prognosis of pregnancies with subtle sonographic or MRI changes is unknown.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00297828 and 15339866
Volume :
66
Issue :
3
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs49141510
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/OGX.0b013e31821685e8