Research Article
Real-Life Diagnostic Accuracy of MRI in Prenatal Diagnosis
Table 2
Indications of the 623 cases with a previous ultrasound study referred for fetal MRI between January 2007 and December 2018.
| | Indication | n (%) |
| | CNS pathology | | 429 (68.9) | | Ventriculomegaly | 148 (34.5) | | Posterior fossa malformations | 71 (16.6) | | Abnormalities of the corpus callosum | 58 (13.5) | | Other midline anomalies | 38 (8.9) | | Infectious pathology | 30 (7.0) | | Ischemic/hemorrhagic pathology | 25 (5.8) | | Tumoral pathology and lesions of the cranial vault, neck or orbits | 24 (5.6) | | Spinal column pathology | 12 (2.8) | | Tuberous sclerosis | 13 (3.0) | | Malformations of cortical development | 10 (2.3) |
| | Thoracic pathology | | 37 (5.9) | | Parenchymatous lesions | 22 (59.5) | | Congenital diaphragmatic hernia | 12 (32.4) | | Mediastenic or pleural pathology | 3 (8.1) |
| | Abdominal pathology | | 61 (9.8) | | Digestive pathology | 28 (45.9) | | Urogenital pathology | 12 (19.7) | | Abdominal masses | 13 (21.3) | | Abdominal wall defects | 4 (6.6) | | Vascular pathology | 4 (6.6) |
| | Other indications | | 96 (15.4) | | Normal ultrasound in high-risk pregnancy | 47 (49.0) | | Intrauterine growth retardation | 22 (22.9) | | Ultrasound not valid due to poor acoustic window | 9 (9.4) | | Placental pathology | 9 (9.4) | | Musculoskeletal pathology | 7 (7.3) | | Genetic or chromosomal abnormality | 2 (2.1) |
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