Brain anomalies on fetal MRI call for postnatal imaging backup

June 3, 2008 Brain anomalies on fetal MRI call for postnatal imaging backup Shalmali Pal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posterior fossa anomalies detected on fetal MR imaging should be confirmed with postnatal imaging, according to a study in the June American Journal of Roentgenology. Investigators from the U.S. and Canada found significant discrepancies between fetal and postnatal posterior fossa findings on MRI. Posterior fossa dysgenesis falls into two general categories: small posterior fossa with crowded contents and anomalies that occur in normal or enlarged fluid spaces, said Dr. Catherine Limperopoulous and colleagues at Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Montreal Children's Hospital, and McGill University.

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