TOPICS

• Anatomy and embryology of fetal CNS
• Systematic ultrasound evaluation of the fetal brain
• Fetal neurology – a new era in fetal medicine
• Ventriculomegaly: differential diagnosis, prenatal management and counselling
• Anomalies of the periventricular zone
• Magnetic resonance imaging in fetal ventriculomegaly: is it necessary?
• Ultrasound: assessment of ventricular system and periventricular zone
• Assessment of corpus callosum: normal and abnormal
• Lack of visualization of the cavum septi pellucidi: differential diagnosis and prognosis
• Magnetic resonance imaging in fetal midlines anomalies: is it necessary?
• Ultrasound: how to assess the midline
• Dandy walker malformation spectrum disorders
• Increased cisterna magna (excluding DWM): differential diagnosis and prognosis
• The role of 3D in the study of fetal CNS
• Ultrasound: assessment of the posterior fossa of the fetal brain (+3D)
• Fetal CNS assessment during the first trimester
• Perinatal infections and CNS findings
• Fetal micro & macrocephaly
• Galen vein, cerebral haemorrhage, cerebral cysts and tumours
• Holoprosencephaly – types and ultrasound findings
• Assessment of fetal neurobehavior: Normal & Abnormal