La Resonancia Magnética ha sido utilizada esporádicamente en obstetricia. Las razones principales son su elevado coste, la dificultad de obtener imágenes claras por los movimientos fetales y la conveniencia y utilidad de los ultrasonidos. La RMN fetal estaría indicada para confirmar la presencia de malformaciones congénitas detectadas por ultrasonidos en el segundo y tercer trimestre del embarazo. Se presenta el caso de una mujer que en la semana 34 del embarazo se detectó por ultrasonidos una malformación raquídea lumbar e hidrocefalia. La RMN fetal confirmó un mielomeningocele lumbar, hidrocefalia y agenesia del cuerpo calloso.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has been used sparingly in obstetrics. The reasons for this relate mainly to cost, availability, difficulty in obtaining clear images because of fetal movement, and the convenience and utility of ultrasonic techniques.
MR imaging can be used to confirm the presence of most gross fetal anomalies detected by sonography in the second and third quaters. We report the case of a woman at the 34th pregnancy week, in whom ultrasonography detected a spine malformation and hydrocephalus. Prenatal magnetic resonance imaging demostrated a lumbar myelomeningocele, hydrocephalus and agenesis of the corpus callosum.
Article
If it is the first time you have accessed you can obtain your credentials by contacting Elsevier Spain in suscripciones@elsevier.com or by calling our Customer Service at902 88 87 40 if you are calling from Spain or at +34 932 418 800 (from 9 to 18h., GMT + 1) if you are calling outside of Spain.
If you already have your login data, please click here . p>
If you have forgotten your password you can you can recover it by clicking here and selecting the option ¿I have forgotten my password¿.