Fetal Cerebral Ventriculomegaly: A Narrative Review and Practical Recommendations for Pediatric Neurologists

Sonika Agarwal, Division of Neurology & Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Division of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: agarwals2@chop.edu.
Charu Venkatesan, Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Brigitte Vollmer, Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; Paediatric and Neonatal Neurology, Southampton Children's Hospital, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
Barbara Scelsa, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Buzzi Children's Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Monica E. Lemmon, Department of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
Andrea C. Pardo, Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Sarah B. Mulkey, Zickler Family Prenatal Pediatrics Institute, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia; Departments of Neurology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia; Division of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia.
Tomo Tarui, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Vatsla Dadhwal, Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Mark Scher, Emeritus Full Professor Pediatrics and Neurology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
Anthony R. Hart, Department of Paediatric Neurology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Dawn Gano, Department of Neurology & Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

7-1-2024

Journal

Pediatric neurology

Volume

156

DOI

10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.04.016

Keywords

Child development; Fetal brain; Fetal brain MRI; Fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly; Fetal neurology; Fetal ventriculomegaly; Hydrocephalus; Neurodevelopment

Abstract

Fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly is one of the most common fetal neurological disorders identified prenatally by neuroimaging. The challenges in the evolving landscape of conditions like fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly involve accurate diagnosis and how best to provide prenatal counseling regarding prognosis as well as postnatal management and care of the infant. The purpose of this narrative review is to discuss the literature on fetal ventriculomegaly, including postnatal management and neurodevelopmental outcome, and to provide practice recommendations for pediatric neurologists.

Department

Neurology

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