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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Ultrasound Med. 2009 Dec;28(12):1629–1637. doi: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.12.1629

Table 1.

Imaging and Clinical Findings

GA at
sonography
(LMP), wk
Sonography MRI Follow-up
Sonography
Follow-up MRI Outcome Hemorrhage
Present
Choroid
Symmetric
Posteriorly
Different
Echogenicity
Frontal
Horn
Expanded
Prospective interpretation of hemorrhage (part 1)
  19 (18) R hemorrhage R hemorrhage ND ND ITP, TAB, Pathology:
  platelets <5000
Probably
  hemorrhage
Yes Yes Yes
  16 (15) L hemorrhage Normal Hemorrhage (20 wk),
  normal (24, 30 wk)
L hemorrhage
  (20 wk)
Bleeding diathesis,
  CD (borderline
  low platelets, ele-
  vated PT and INR)
Probably
  hemorrhage
No Yes Yes
  20 (18) R hemorrhage R hemorrhage Hemorrhage (21,
  27 wk), normal
  (34 wk)
Hemorrhage (21,
  27 wk), normal
  (34 wk)
Resolution by
  prenatal imaging
Looked like
  cyst
Yes No Yes
  21 (21) L hemorrhage L hemorrhage Hemorrhage (23 wk),
  normal (27 wk)
Normal (23 wk) Resolution by prenatal
  imaging
Looked like
  cyst
Yes No Yes
  19 (18) BL hemorrhage BL hemorrhage Hemorrhage (21 wk),
  normal (34 wk)
Hemorrhage (21 wk)
  normal (34 wk)
NSVD, normal neo-
  natal findings
Looked like
  cyst
Yes Yes Yes
  18 (18) L hemorrhage L hemorrhage Hemorrhage, VM
  (10 mm) (20, 22 wk)
Hemorrhage VM
  (10 mm) (20, 22 wks)
VM by prenatal
  imaging
Definitely
  hemorrhage
Yes No Yes
  18 (18)a L hemorrhage L hemorrhage Normal (20, 22 wk) Normal (20, 22 wk) Resolution by prenatal
  imaging
Normal NA NA NA
  19 (19) L hemorrhageb L hemorrhage Hemorrhage (22 wk) Hemorrhage (22 wk) TAB, germinal matrix
  hemorrhage
Probably
  hemorrhage
Could not
  tell
Yes Yes
  20 (21) R hemorrhage,
  VM (10 mm)
R hemorrhage,
  VM (10 mm),
  porencephaly
ND ND Grade 4 hemorrhage
  and VM by prenatal
  imaging
Abnormal
  position of
  choroid
No No No
  19 (19) R hemorrhage,
  CPC
Normal ND ND NSVD, normal neonatal
  findings
Looked like
  cyst
Yes No Yes
  19 (19) L hemorrhage Normal Normal (21, 25, 32 wk) Normal (21, 25, 32 wk) NSVD, normal neonatal
  findings
Probably
  hemorrhage
Yes Yes Yes
  20 (20) L hemorrhage L hemorrhage Normal (22, 24, 28,
  34 wk)
Normal (22, 24, 28,
  34 wk)
NSVD, normal neonatal
  findings
Probably
  hemorrhage
Yes Yes Yes
  22 (22) R hemorrhage Normal Hemorrhage (24, 28 wk) Normal (28 wk) CD, normal neonatal
  findings, normal head
  sonographic findings
  at birth
Looked like
  cyst
Yes No Yes
  18 (18) L hemorrhage L hemorrhage Hemorrhage (20 wk),
  asymmetric ventricles
  (9 and 8 mm, 27 wk)
ND CD, normal neonatal
  findings
Looked like
  cyst
Yes No Yes
  29 (29) BL intraventricular
  parenchymal
  and extra-axial
  hemorrhage,
  BL VM
BL intraventricular
  parenchymal
  and extra-axial
  hemorrhage,
  BL VM
ND ND Grade 4 hemorrhage
  and VM by prenatal
  imaging, TAB, no
  autopsy
Definitely
  hemorrhage
Yes Yes Yes
  34 (36) BL hemorrhage,
  porencephaly
BL hemorrhage,
  porencephaly
ND ND Grade 4 hemorrhage
  by prenatal imaging
Definitely
  hemorrhage
No No Yes
  15 (16) BL hemorrhage ND ND ND NSVD, normal neonatal
  findings
Probably
  hemorrhage
Yes No No
Retrospective interpretation of hemorrhage (part 2)
19 (19) L hemorrhage ND Hemorrhage (21 wk),
  normal (26, 28, 32,
  36, 38 wk)
ND CD, normal neonatal
  findings
Abnormal
  position
Yes Yes Yes
17 (18) R hemorrhage ND Hemorrhage (22 wk),
  normal (33 wk)
ND NSVD, normal neonatal
  findings
Probably
  hemorrhage
No No Yes
17 (17) L hemorrhage ND Normal (26 wk) ND CD, normal neonatal
  findings
Probably
  hemorrhage
Yes Yes Yes

BL indicates bilateral; CD, cesarean delivery; CPC, choroid plexus cyst; GA, gestational age; INR, international normalized ratio; ITP, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; L, left; NA, not applicable; ND, not done; NSVD, normal spontaneous vaginal delivery; PT, prothrombin time; R, tight; TAB, therapeutic abortion; and VM, ventriculomegaly.

a

Twin of above.

b

Other findings of horseshoe kidney and 2-vessel cord.