The detection of fetal meningocele and meningoencephalocele by B‐scan ultrasound: A case report

Abstract

This report describes an unusual case in which a meningocele and a separate meningoencephalocele were diagnosed in a single fetus prepartum using B-scan ultrasonography . CASE REPORTThe patient is a 33-3'ear-01d(gravida 1, para 1, aborta 0) who had an uncomplicated prepartud course following a period of unexplained infertility. At 37 weeks of gesta! tion, palpation of the mother's abdomen disclosed the possibility of an abnormal fetus. A radiograph of the mother's abdomen showed possible hydrocephalus (Fig. 1). Ultrasonography revealed a large cystic mass and a smaller solid mass situated next to a normal-sized head ( Fig. 2A and B). The findings were interpreted as a meningocele and a separate meningoencephalocele without hydrocephalus.After an elective induction of labor the patient had an uneventful delivery. The fetus, an

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