Prenatal diagnosis of congenital intracranial teratoma

Abstract

The case of prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of congenital brain teratoma at 35 weeks 4 days of gestation is presented. At ultrasound examination no pathology was detected at 12, 21 and 31 weeks of gestation. During ultrasound scanning of the fetus at 35 weeks of gestation the following changes were revealed: the brain architecture is represented by a thinned cortex, inhomogeneous cystic solid formation, significant macrocephaly and hydrocephaly. Pregnancy is ended by сaesarean section. A liveborn fetus with significant macrocephaly is extracted. He died after 2 days after birth. The tumor is estimated as a congenital immature (malignant) teratoma of the brain accordance with histological examination.