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Abstract #2668

T1-Weighted Imaging of Fetal Microcolon

Erika Rubesova1, James Gilmore1, Shreyas Vasanawala1, Richard A. Barth1

1Pediatric Radiology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Stanford, CA, United States


T1-weighted images allow visualisation of the fetal colon. Microcolon is important to recognize since it aids to accurate diagnosis in patients referred for fetal MRI with gastrointestinal abnormalities. In our retrospective study, we reviewed the T1-weighted images in fetuses with microcolon and tried to define the optimal plane andsequence (FGRE versus 3D dual-echo SPGR) for evaluation of the microcolon.

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