The neonatal, pathologic outcome and karyotypic abnormalities are reported for 44 fetuses with mild ventriculomegaly diagnosed antenatally. Seventeen of these 44 fetuses (39%) had other ultrasonographic defects, and five (12%) had abnormal karyotypes. Five pregnancies were electively aborted and three other fetuses died in the neonatal period. Twenty-six (72%) of the remaining 36 live-born neonates are developmentally and clinically normal at 3 to 18 months of age. Twenty-one of these 26 had isolated mild ventriculomegaly as the only ultrasonographic finding. The other 10 live-born infants are developmentally impaired, and five of these 10 had mild ventriculomegaly as the only prenatal ultrasonographic abnormality. In conclusion, these data show that fetuses with mild ventriculomegaly have a lower incidence of associated anomalies and a better outcome than fetuses with more severe ventricular dilatation, as reported in the literature. The majority of fetuses with mild ventriculomegaly as an isolated finding and a normal karyotype are developing normally. © 1991, Mosby. All rights reserved.
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Bromley, B., Frigoletto, F. D., & Benacerraf, B. R. (1991). Mild fetal lateral cerebral ventriculomegaly: Clinical course and outcome. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 164(3), 863–867. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9378(91)90530-5
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