A Case of Enlarged Intracranial Translucency in a Fetus with Blake’s Pouch Cyst

Ambra Iuculano; Maria Angelica Zoppi; Rosa Maria Ibba; Giovanni Monni

doi:10.1155/2014/968089

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2014)

A Case of Enlarged Intracranial Translucency in a Fetus with Blake’s Pouch Cyst

Ambra Iuculano,
Maria Angelica Zoppi,
Rosa Maria Ibba,
Giovanni Monni

Affiliations

Ambra Iuculano: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prenatal and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Ospedale Microcitemico, Via Jenner, Cagliari, 09121 Sardinia, Italy
Maria Angelica Zoppi: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prenatal and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Ospedale Microcitemico, Via Jenner, Cagliari, 09121 Sardinia, Italy
Rosa Maria Ibba: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prenatal and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Ospedale Microcitemico, Via Jenner, Cagliari, 09121 Sardinia, Italy
Giovanni Monni: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prenatal and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Ospedale Microcitemico, Via Jenner, Cagliari, 09121 Sardinia, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/968089
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2014

Abstract

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The intracranial translucency (IT) is a recently introduced marker of open spina bifida (OSB). In this study, we describe a case of a fetus affected by Blake’s pouch cyst which showed alterations of BS/BSOB ratio at the first trimester screening.

Published in Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 2090-6684 (Print); 2090-6692 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7471

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