(7 cleft lip or cleft lip and palate, 2 cyst of oral cavity), chest (3 right diaphragmatic hernia, 1 sequestration, 3 displaced heart, 1 thymic hyperplasia, 1 axillary lymphangioma), urinary system (1 duplex kidney), abdomen (4 bowel dilatation, an intra-hepatic artero-venous fistula, a pelvic cyst, 1 ascites and bowel calcifications), were represented. Results: In 27 of 32 cases with CNS anomalies, US and MR provided diagnostic images of similar and adequate quality. In the 5 remaining cases US performed better. The antenatal diagnosis was however confirmed after birth in all cases. Among the fetuses with extraCNS anomalies, either antenatal MR or postnatal findings were consistent with sonographic diagnosis in 22 out of 26 cases. A discordance between MR and US was noted in 3 cases. In two fetuses with sonographic diagnosis of cleft lip an unsuspected cleft palate was revealed at MR and confirmed after birth. In a fetus with right deviation of the heart and normally placed stomach, intrathoracic bowel loops were detected at MR and diaphragmatic hernia was documented after birth. The antenatal diagnosis was not confirmed after birth in one case of meconium peritonitis, an abdominal teratoma was diagnosed postnatally. Conclusions: In our own experience, ultrasound and MR performed similarly in CNS anomalies, and ultrasound provided in general better results in early gestation. It is of note that MR was superior in the specific diagnosis and surgical staging of cranial clefts.