Radiological findings in fetuses after zika infection

Allana Maria Garcia Sampaio,José Damásio Soares Costa Filho,Lenina Teixeira Alves,Maria Ivanir Araújo Neves Torres,Modesto Leite Rolim Neto,Ysla Sara Teixeira Silva,Álvaro Costa Marques

doi:10.3823/2587

Allana Maria Garcia Sampaio, José Damásio Soares Costa Filho + Show 5 more

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Introduction: After the outbreak of the Zika Virus in Brazil in 2015 the Brazilian health authorities noticed an increase on microcephaly suspected to be related to the ongoing epidemic, described as the emergence of a new teratogenic agent, ZIKV. Objective: determine imaging prenatal findings related to Zika virus, by means of database research of 2017. Results: the main radiological findings observed are non-hypertensive ventriculomegaly, cortical and subcortical calcifications, microcephaly,placental inflammation and placental insufficiency and other neurological findings. Conclusion:s erial pre-natal imaging study may be considered to assess the fetuses with suggestion of the Zika virus infection. The congenital infection is of high impact on the families and to correctly diagnose and counseling preparing their homes to receive a special need newborn previous to the birth is of great value.

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After the outbreak of the Zika Virus in Brazil in 2015 the Brazilian health authorities noticed an increase on microcephaly suspected to be related to the ongoing epidemic, described as the emergence of a new teratogenic agent, ZIKV [1]. described since 1947 in Uganda only with a large number of patients the neurological malformation cases were possible to be studied [2]
As the ZIKV emerges as a teratogenic agent the scientific population agrees that it should be treated as the other TORCH agents, congenital infections, highlighting that not all fetuses will be affected but it should be prevented and analyzed during pregnancy with radiological findings [1]
The imaging diagnosis findings for the fetuses affected by ZIKV intrauterine infection should be conducted by twodimensional ultrasounds and three-dimensional ultrasound, and for better sensitivity a fetal MRI, CT and three-dimensional physical model can be used [3, 5]

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Introduction

After the outbreak of the Zika Virus in Brazil in 2015 the Brazilian health authorities noticed an increase on microcephaly suspected to be related to the ongoing epidemic, described as the emergence of a new teratogenic agent, ZIKV [1]. described since 1947 in Uganda only with a large number of patients the neurological malformation cases were possible to be studied [2].

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