Friday 10 February 2012

AWARENESS TO PREGNANT LADIES

hi  this is MRI of a mother who came for ultrasound scan 35 weeks pregnant , came for target scan. previously few scan were done by untrained docter and reported as normal. We did ULTRASOUND and found these findings.

1. ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION.

2.CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS

3.DISTAL THORACIC MENINGOMYELOCELE(OPEN SPINAL DYSRAPHISM)

4.CLUB FOOT

5.LUMBAR AND SACRAL AGENESIS


this blog is not to hurt any one.
shows thoracic meningomyelocele

dilated lateral ventricle

spinal defect with meningomyelocele

club foot

high riding 3rd ventricle
its just an awareness to who all are pregnant kindly do a scan by a experienced radiologist in 4th - 5th week of pregnancy.
MRI is not suggested for all pregnancies, ultrasound is the best investigation of choice.