Fetal intracranial calcification

Last revised by Frank Gaillard on 27 Feb 2019

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Citation:

Radswiki T, Gaillard F, Elfeky M, et al. Fetal intracranial calcification. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-15528

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-15528

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/15528

rID:

15528

Article created:

24 Oct 2011, The Radswiki ◉

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Last revised:

27 Feb 2019, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Frank Gaillard had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

5 times, by 4 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Central Nervous System, Obstetrics

Sections:

Gamuts

Tags:

cases

Synonyms:

Fetal intracranial calcifications
Antenatal intracranial calcification
Prenatal intracranial calcification

Fetal intracranial calcification refers to intracranial calcification detected in utero. This can arise from a number of pathologies which include:

in utero infections
- fetal toxoplasmosis infection: calcification tends to be randomly distributed
- fetal cytomegalovirus infection¹: calcification tends to be periventricular in distribution
- calcifications are much less in herpes simplex and rubella infection
intracranial tumors associated with calcification: intracranial teratoma
certain phakomatoses
- Sturge-Weber syndrome: gyriform pattern of cortical calcifications
- tuberous sclerosis: rare to have calcification present in utero
sequelae of an in utero intracranial hemorrhage
pseudo-TORCH syndrome
postnatal infections
- bacterial meningitis
- ventriculitis