Prenatal features of aneurysm of the posterior cerebral artery: a case report.
Aneurysm
Case report
Posterior cerebral artery
Pregnancy
Prenatal diagnosis
Ultrasound
Journal
BMC pregnancy and childbirth
ISSN: 1471-2393
Titre abrégé: BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100967799
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
17 Oct 2023
17 Oct 2023
Historique:
received:
13
06
2023
accepted:
08
10
2023
medline:
23
10
2023
pubmed:
18
10
2023
entrez:
17
10
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Fetal cerebral aneurysm other than aneurysm of vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation (VGAM) is extremely rare. This report describes prenatal features of aneurysm of the posterior cerebral artery (APCA) with rapid progression and its natural intrauterine course of the disease, which has never been reported. This is the first report of prenatal features of APCA, detected at 34-36 weeks of gestation, simulating choroid plexus cyst or arachnoid cyst. The diagnosis was based on color flow ultrasound with tracing along the course of cerebral arteries. Also, rendered 3D color flow ultrasound was helpful in demonstrating course of the vessels feeding the aneurysm and supporting the diagnosis. The aneurysm showed nature of rapidly progressive changes, leading to leakage resulting in intracerebral and intraventricular hemorrhage as well as high output state associated with anemia. Prenatal diagnosis and management are very challenging. This case ended up with planned delivery at 37 weeks, giving birth to a surviving male newborn, weighing 2600 g. The neonatal CT brain scans and CTA confirmed the prenatal findings. The prognosis was relatively poor because of extensive intracerebral hemorrhage with severe hydrocephalus and brain midline shift. The couple opted for neonatal palliative care without neurosurgical correction. This study demonstrate that the most important tool for prenatal diagnosis is color Doppler ultrasound, which will demonstrate turbulent blood flow. Three-dimension color Doppler ultrasound is helpful in supporting the diagnosis. The case presented here suggests that the disease has a natural course of rapid progression and massive brain destruction or high output congestive heart failure can be expected.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Fetal cerebral aneurysm other than aneurysm of vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation (VGAM) is extremely rare. This report describes prenatal features of aneurysm of the posterior cerebral artery (APCA) with rapid progression and its natural intrauterine course of the disease, which has never been reported.
CASE PRESENTATION
METHODS
This is the first report of prenatal features of APCA, detected at 34-36 weeks of gestation, simulating choroid plexus cyst or arachnoid cyst. The diagnosis was based on color flow ultrasound with tracing along the course of cerebral arteries. Also, rendered 3D color flow ultrasound was helpful in demonstrating course of the vessels feeding the aneurysm and supporting the diagnosis. The aneurysm showed nature of rapidly progressive changes, leading to leakage resulting in intracerebral and intraventricular hemorrhage as well as high output state associated with anemia. Prenatal diagnosis and management are very challenging. This case ended up with planned delivery at 37 weeks, giving birth to a surviving male newborn, weighing 2600 g. The neonatal CT brain scans and CTA confirmed the prenatal findings. The prognosis was relatively poor because of extensive intracerebral hemorrhage with severe hydrocephalus and brain midline shift. The couple opted for neonatal palliative care without neurosurgical correction.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
This study demonstrate that the most important tool for prenatal diagnosis is color Doppler ultrasound, which will demonstrate turbulent blood flow. Three-dimension color Doppler ultrasound is helpful in supporting the diagnosis. The case presented here suggests that the disease has a natural course of rapid progression and massive brain destruction or high output congestive heart failure can be expected.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37848838
doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-06056-9
pii: 10.1186/s12884-023-06056-9
pmc: PMC10583320
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
734Informations de copyright
© 2023. BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature.
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