ALTERAÇÕES DA SÍNDROME DO ZIKA VÍRUS VISTAS PELA RESSONÂNCIA MAGNÉTICA

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To review, identify, and describe the imaging features of congenital zika virus syndrome. METHODS: This is a review with emphasis on magnetic resonance (MRI) and its findings in the diagnosis of congenital zika virus syndrome. Articles, published in the last five years, were searched in PubMed databases. With the descriptors "Zika Virus Infection", "Zika Virus" and "Diagnostic imaging". RESULTS: Twenty-four articles that approached MRI as a complementary tool to ultrasound findings were analyzed. In the fetal period, it is considered better to evaluate abnormalities such as: polymicrogyria, opercular dysplasia, lisencephaly-pachygyria and ventriculomegaly. In the postnatal period it presents high sensitivity and specificity, being the method of choice in the late suspicion of congenital syndrome of ZIKV, in the images it is possible to visualize craniofacial disproportion, microcephaly, cerebral atrophy and reduction of cerebral cortical thickness. CONCLUSION: MRI shows as an important diagnostic method of morphological changes related to zika virus syndrome, contributing to the detailed study of congenital malformations, thus affecting maternal and child health and quality of life.