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. 2004 Jan;89(1):F9–F13. doi: 10.1136/fn.89.1.F9

Isolated mild fetal ventriculomegaly

M Wyldes, M Watkinson
PMCID: PMC1721643  PMID: 14711845

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Mild fetal ventriculomegaly (11 mm) with enlargement of the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle (arrowed).

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Abnormal "dangle" of the choroid plexus of 0.66 cm, with arrows indicating the medial wall of the ventricle and the choroid plexus.

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A neonatal coronal ultrasound scan of the head showing right parietal schizencephaly in a baby thought to have isolated ventriculomegaly as a fetus.

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