Table 2

Antenatal/perinatal ultrasound findings and outcome of the 24 cases with lesions of antenatal onset

Antenatal ultrasound findingsAge at first ultrasound scanUltrasound scan diagnosisOutcome
Fetal distress
      13 hIVH+PCDied
      23 hIVH+VIDelay
      32 hIVH+VIMild hemiplegia
      43 hIVH+PVLDied
      52 hIVH+VIDied
      63 hIVH+VIDied
      73 hIVH+VIDied
      83 hIVH+PVLDied
      94 hPVL+MCA LtDied/trisomy 21
     10 MMC+VD3 hPVLDied
     113 hPVLDied
     12day 1STLDied
     13day 1STLDied
Arythmias
     143 hIVH+PC LtHemiplegia/shunt
Multiple birth
     15 death co-twin2 hc-PVLDied
     16 death co-twin2 hc-PVLDied
     17day 3MCA LtHemiplegia Rt
     18day 1MCA RtDelay/asymmetry
CMV
     19day 3Ca2+ occ. cystsSND/CP
Coagulopathy
     202 hIVH+PVLDied
Unknown
     21day 2c-PVLHemiplegia Rt
     222 hPC Lt+c-PVLDied
     234 hPVLDied
     243 hIVH+PVLDied
  • IVH = intraventricular haemorrhage; VI = venous infarct; VD = ventricular dilatation; PC = porencephalic cyst; (c)PVL = (cystic)periventricular leucomalacia; MMC = myelomeningocele; MCA = middle cerebral artery; SND = sensorineural deafness; CP = cerebral palsy; MR = mental retardation; CVI = cerebral visual impairment; STL = symmetric thalamic lesions.