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Obstetric Imaging |
1 Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215 (D.L.)
2 Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass (P.D.B.).
PURPOSE: To establish the appearance of normal fetal cortical development in utero and compare it with the appearance of abnormal cortical development.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Magnetic resonance (MR) images of the brain in 53 normal and 40 abnormal fetuses at 14–38 weeks gestational age (GA) were reviewed. The GAs at the time of MR imaging visualization of the fissures or sulci were compared with the GA guidelines based on neuroanatomic studies.
RESULTS: In normal fetuses, the sulcation landmarks appeared on MR images in the order predicted by using anatomic studies, with a 0–8-week lag in the MR imaging visualization of the sulci compared with the reported time of visualization of the sulci in anatomic specimens. When landmarks were grouped by range of GAs, the expected MR imaging sulcation landmarks in the group with younger GAs than the actual GA were seen in 50 of 53 (94%) normal fetuses, in five of nine fetuses (56%, P < .05) with isolated mild ventriculomegaly, and in 24 of 31 fetuses (77%, P < .05) with other CNS anomalies.
CONCLUSION: Normal fetal cortical maturation at MR imaging follows a predictable course that is slightly delayed compared with that described in neuroanatomic specimens. This maturation is often further delayed in fetuses with CNS abnormalities.
Index terms: Fetus, abnormalities, 856.8743, 856.87442, 856.8745, 856.8748 • Fetus, central nervous system, 856.8743, 856.87442, 856.8745, 856.8748 • Fetus, MR, 856.121416 • Magnetic resonance (MR), rapid imaging, 856.121416
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