Publications by authors named "J Hartoov"
Article Synopsis
- The study examined the occurrence and characteristics of callosal injury in fetuses affected by cytomegalovirus (CMV) fetopathy using a retrospective analysis of patients with confirmed CMV-PCR.
- Among 72 patients, 34.7% showed callosal abnormalities, primarily associated with other central nervous system issues like periventricular hyperechogenicity and calcifications.
- The findings suggest that callosal injury is a common consequence of CMV infection, indicating a worse prognosis and increased risk of neurodevelopmental impairment, with distinct prenatal patterns of injury compared to what is seen postnatally.
Objective: To describe neurosonographic findings diagnostic or highly suggestive of the presence of malformations of cortical development involving the cortex that may be identified before 24 weeks of gestation.
Methods: This was a retrospective single-center study of fetuses referred for neurosonography, during 2012-2019, with an abnormal cortical or sulcation pattern diagnosed early in the mid trimester. Stored files were analyzed for demographic data, abnormal brain findings, non-central nervous system abnormalities, final diagnosis and postnatal outcome.
Fetal pericallosal lipomas - Clues to diagnosis in the second trimester.
Eur J Paediatr Neurol
November 2018
Introduction: Pericallosal lipomas (PCL) are congenital soft masses of adipose cells encapsulated by a thin layer of fibrous tissue, appearing adjacent to the corpus callosum (CC). The lipomas are usually diagnosed prenatally during the third trimester. The purpose of this study was to identify 2nd trimester ultrasound findings that may hint to a later diagnosis of PCL and to evaluate their MRI evolution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThick corpus callosum in the second trimester can be transient and is of uncertain significance.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol
October 2016
Objectives: Depiction of a thick corpus callosum (CC) in utero is rare, and is generally associated with severe brain anomalies. Our aim was to describe a group of fetuses diagnosed during second-trimester ultrasound examination as having an apparently isolated thick CC, which normalized subsequently in the cases followed to term.
Methods: Among 59 fetuses referred to the Ob-Gyn Ultrasound Division of Lis Maternity Hospital with suspected callosal anomalies between January 2013 and June 2014, we identified nine cases with an apparently isolated thick CC for inclusion in this retrospective cohort study.