ノナカ マサヒロ   NONAKA MASAHIRO
  埜中 正博
   所属   関西医科大学  脳神経外科学講座
   職種   教授
論文種別 総説
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Diagnosis, treatment, and long-term outcomes of fetal hydrocephalus.
掲載誌名 正式名:Seminars in fetal&neonatal medicine
略  称:Semin Fetal Neonatal Med
ISSNコード:187809461744165X
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 17(6),pp.330-335
著者・共著者 Yamasaki Mami, Nonaka Masahiro, Bamba Yohei, Teramoto Chika, Ban Chiaki, Pooh Ritsuko K
担当区分 2nd著者
発行年月 2012/12
概要 This study analyzed 156 cases of fetal hydrocephalus treated at Osaka National Hospital from 1992 to 2011 to review current methods for diagnosing and treating fetal hydrocephalus, and for estimating its clinical outcome. This was a retrospective study of a single institute (Osaka National Hospital). Of 156 cases in total, 37% were diagnosed as isolated ventriculomegaly, 50% as another type of malformation (36 cases of myelomeningocele, six of holoprosencephaly, three of Dandy-Walker syndrome, one case of Joubert syndrome, 12 of arachnoid cyst, nine of encephalocele, three of atresia of Monro and eight of corpus callosum agenesis, and 13% as secondary hydrocephalus. Diagnoses were made between 13 and 40 weeks of gestation (average 27 weeks). Diagnosis was made before 21 weeks of gestation in 24% of cases, from the first day of 22 weeks to the sixth day of 27 weeks in 27%, and after the first day of 28 weeks in 49%. With the exclusion of 17 aborted cases and 40 cases in which the patients were too young to evaluate or lost during follow-up, the final outcome was analyzed for 90 cases. Of these, 17% of the patients died, 21% showed severe retardation, 13% moderate retardation, 26% mild retardation, and 23% showed a good outcome. The long-term outcome was mostly influenced by the basic disease and accompanying anomaly. The time of diagnosis showed no correlation with outcome. Hydrocephalus associated with arachnoid cyst, atresia of Monro, and corpus callosum agenesis, and hydrocephalus due to fetal intracranial hemorrhage, resulted in good outcomes. By contrast, holoprosencephaly, hydrocephalus associated with encephalocele, syndromic hydrocephalus, and hydrocephalus due to fetal virus infection led to poor outcomes. For accurate diagnosis and proper counseling, established protocols are important for the diagnosis and treatment of fetal hydrocephalus, including not only fetal sonography, fetal magnetic resonance imaging, and TORCH (toxoplasma, rubella, cytomegalovirus
DOI 10.1016/j.siny.2012.07.004
PMID 23089488