Serial Antenatal Sonographic Observation of Cerebral Dural Sinus Malformation
Masaki Komiyamaa,
Tomoya Ishigurob,
Shouhei Kitanob,
Hiroaki Sakamotob and
Hiroaki Nakamurac
a Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
b Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan

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FIG 1. Case 1. Serial sonographic images, an MR image, and an angiogram show a DSM.
A, Transvaginal sonogram at GA 8 weeks shows the 15-mm-long fetus.
B, Sonogram at GA15 weeks 5 days. Arrow indicates the head. Crown-rump length is 87 mm.
C, Sonogram at GA 23 weeks 6 days definitively shows a huge cystic lesion (arrow).
D, MR image at GA 37 weeks 5 days shows a huge dural lake in the posterior fossa with signal intensity void.
E, Right common carotid angiography (lateral view) shows a dural lake (asterisk) fed by tentorial artery (arrow), middle meningeal artery, and occipital artery.
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