Milani HJ, Araujo Júnior E, Cavalheiro S, Oliveira PS, Hisaba WJ, Barreto EQS, Barbosa MM, Nardozza LM, Moron AF. Fetal brain tumors: Prenatal diagnosis by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. World J Radiol 2015; 7(1): 17-21 [PMID: 25628801 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v7.i1.17]
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Edward Araujo Júnior, PhD, Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Paulista School of Medicine-Federal University of São Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP), Rua Carlos Weber, 956, apto. 113 Visage, São Paulo 05303-000, Brazil. araujojred@terra.com.br
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
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Minireviews
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World J Radiol. Jan 28, 2015; 7(1): 17-21 Published online Jan 28, 2015. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v7.i1.17
Fetal brain tumors: Prenatal diagnosis by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging
Hérbene José Milani, Edward Araujo Júnior, Sérgio Cavalheiro, Patrícia Soares Oliveira, Wagner Jou Hisaba, Enoch Quinderé Sá Barreto, Maurício Mendes Barbosa, Luciano Marcondes Nardozza, Antonio Fernandes Moron
Hérbene José Milani, Edward Araujo Júnior, Wagner Jou Hisaba, Enoch Quinderé Sá Barreto, Maurício Mendes Barbosa, Luciano Marcondes Nardozza, Antonio Fernandes Moron, Department of Obstetrics, Paulista School of Medicine-Federal University of São Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP), São Paulo 05303-000, Brazil
Sérgio Cavalheiro, Discipline of Neurosurgery, Paulista School of Medicine - Federal University of São Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP), São Paulo 05303-000, Brazil
Patrícia Soares Oliveira, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Paulista School of Medicine - Federal University of São Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP), São Paulo 05303-000, Brazil
Author contributions: Milani HJ, Cavalheiro S, Oliveira PS and Barreto EQS designed and collected data; Milani HJ and Araujo Júnior E written of the article; Hisaba WJ and Barbosa MM reviewed the manuscript; Nardozza LM and Moron AF reviewed and supervised the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest: The authors declare no conflict of interests.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Edward Araujo Júnior, PhD, Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Paulista School of Medicine-Federal University of São Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP), Rua Carlos Weber, 956, apto. 113 Visage, São Paulo 05303-000, Brazil. araujojred@terra.com.br
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Received: August 20, 2014 Peer-review started: August 20, 2014 First decision: November 3, 2014 Revised: December 5, 2014 Accepted: December 18, 2014 Article in press: December 19, 2014 Published online: January 28, 2015 Processing time: 146 Days and 12 Hours
Abstract
Congenital central nervous system tumors diagnosed during pregnancy are rare, and often have a poor prognosis. The most frequent type is the teratoma. Use of ultrasound and magnetic resonance image allows the suspicion of brain tumors during pregnancy. However, the definitive diagnosis is only confirmed after birth by histology. The purpose of this mini-review article is to describe the general clinical aspects of intracranial tumors and describe the main fetal brain tumors.
Core tip: Congenital central nervous system tumors diagnosed during pregnancy are rare, and often have a poor prognosis. The prenatal diagnosis is possible by ultrasound; however, the magnetic resonance imaging is important to demonstrate the relationship among the tumor and the adjacent structures. Although definitive diagnosis is realized after the birth, the prenatal diagnosis is very important to counseling of parents.
