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Neuropathology

Case 2 - Multifocal Disruptive Hemorrhagic Lesions

Rebecca Folkerth
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA





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Clinical History
  • 18-gestational-week fetus found on prenatal ultrasound and MR to have:
    • Cystic posterior fossa c/w Dandy-Walker malformation (DWM)

    • Bilateral germinal matrix and intraventricular hemorrhage

    • Hydrocephalus
  • Amniocentesis with FISH for trisomies 13, 18, and 21 were normal

  • Mother was 20-year-old G1P0, healthy


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