Prenatal diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1: sonographic and MRI findings |
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| Authors: | Rachael L McEwing Roume Joelle Marc Mohlo Jean-Pierre Bernard Yvette Hillion Yves Ville |
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| Institution: | Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Genetics, Radiology and Pathology, CHI Poissy, Poissy, Cedex, France |
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| Abstract: | Prenatal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a large oropharyngeal tumor, and cardiac and cranial abnormalities consistent with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) in a third-trimester fetus, which were confirmed on postmortem examination. Sonographic features of NF1 are generally nonspecific; MR examination provided significant additional information, facilitating prenatal diagnosis. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | prenatal diagnosis MRI neurofibromatosis ultrasound |
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