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- Title
Prenatal diagnosis of porencephaly secondary to maternal carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Authors
Gul, Ahmet; Gungorduk, Kemal; Yıldırım, Gokhan; Gedıkbası, Alı; Ceylan, Yavuz; Yildirim, Gokhan; Gedikbasi, Ali
- Abstract
Porencephaly is defined as an area of focal encephalomalacia that communicates with the ventricular system, giving the appearance of a dilated ventricle. It is assumed that vascular occlusion or an infectious process cause gray and white matter necrosis leading to cyst formation in the cerebral parenchyma. Possible etiology of porencephaly includes intracerebral thrombosis, intracranial hemorrhage and fetal infection. We report the first antenatal diagnosis of porencephaly, which apparently resulted from maternal carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSIS of fetal diseases; PRENATAL diagnosis; NECROSIS; ETIOLOGY of diseases; PRENATAL care; OBSTETRICS; REPRODUCTIVE technology
- Publication
Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2009, Vol 279, Issue 5, p697
- ISSN
0932-0067
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00404-008-0776-3