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Severe gyration and migration disorder in fetofetal transfusion syndrome: two case reports and a review of the literature on the neurological outcome of children with lesions on neuroimaging
- Source :
- Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. 34(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Fetofetal transfusion syndrome is a dreaded cause of morbidity and mortality in monochorionic pregnancies. We present two pairs of twins one of which we have followed for more than 6 years. The donors suffer from cerebral palsy, orofacial, and motor problems, and both are significantly smaller than their recipient twins. Interestingly, cranial MRI revealed medial frontal lobe polymicrogyria, ventriculomegaly, and decreased thickness in both parietal lobes in both donors. We suggest this as a possible feature of fetofetal transfusion syndrome. A minireview of the literature on neuroimaging and neurodevelopmental outcome in fetofetal transfusion syndrome is presented. While the close resemblance of the imaging features of both cases is likely incidental further study of a connection between migration and gyration disorders and fetofetal transfusion syndrome is warranted.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Neuroimaging
Fertilization in Vitro
Nervous System Malformations
Cerebral palsy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
medicine
Polymicrogyria
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Cesarean Section
Infant, Newborn
Brain
Magnetic resonance imaging
General Medicine
Fetofetal Transfusion
medicine.disease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Surgery
Frontal lobe
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
Neurology (clinical)
Neurosurgery
Nervous System Diseases
business
Malformations of Cortical Development, Group II
Ventriculomegaly
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14330350
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....edf5647ba92a68539413fe83e71bb0db