Thick corpus callosum: a clue to the diagnosis of fetal septopreoptic holoprosencephaly?

Pediatr Radiol. 2012 Jul;42(7):886-90. doi: 10.1007/s00247-011-2260-7. Epub 2011 Oct 18.

Abstract

We describe fetal septopreoptic holoprosencephaly (HPE) associated with a thick corpus callosum (CC) diagnosed with MRI in a fetus at 31 weeks' gestation. Our report supports a recently published study connecting a thick fetal CC to other brain abnormalities. On diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), the body of the CC contained an abnormal longitudinal bundle, presumed to be a congenital heterotopic cingulum. Prenatal and postmortem brain MRI with DTI, CT, and pathological analyses are described and illustrated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Corpus Callosum / pathology*
  • Holoprosencephaly / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Prenatal Diagnosis / methods*
  • Septo-Optic Dysplasia / pathology*