Chorioamnionitis MRI

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Adnan Ezici, M.D [2]

Overview

There are no MRI findings associated with chorioamnionitis. However, an MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of chorioamnionitis, which include spontaneous preterm delivery, white matter injury (WMI), and intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH).

MRI

There are no MRI findings associated with chorioamnionitis. However, an MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of chorioamnionitis, which include:

Spontaneous preterm delivery^[1]
Maternal:
- Pelvic abscess
Fetal:
- Punctate white matter injury (WMI)^[2]
- Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)

References

↑ Story L, Zhang T, Uus A, Hutter J, Egloff A, Gibbons D, Ho A, Al-Adnani M, Knight CL, Theodoulou I, Deprez M, Seed PT, Tribe RM, Shennan AH, Rutherford M (June 2021). “Antenatal thymus volumes in fetuses that delivered <32 weeks’ gestation: An MRI pilot study”. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 100 (6): 1040–1050. doi:10.1111/aogs.13983. PMID 32865812 Check |pmid= value (help).
↑ Bierstone D, Wagenaar N, Gano DL, Guo T, Georgio G, Groenendaal F, de Vries LS, Varghese J, Glass HC, Chung C, Terry J, Rijpert M, Grunau RE, Synnes A, Barkovich AJ, Ferriero DM, Benders M, Chau V, Miller SP (June 2018). “Association of Histologic Chorioamnionitis With Perinatal Brain Injury and Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Among Preterm Neonates”. JAMA Pediatr. 172 (6): 534–541. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.0102. PMC 6137531. PMID 29610829.

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[pmid32865812-1] Story L, Zhang T, Uus A, Hutter J, Egloff A, Gibbons D, Ho A, Al-Adnani M, Knight CL, Theodoulou I, Deprez M, Seed PT, Tribe RM, Shennan AH, Rutherford M (June 2021). “Antenatal thymus volumes in fetuses that delivered <32 weeks’ gestation: An MRI pilot study”. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 100 (6): 1040–1050. doi:10.1111/aogs.13983. PMID 32865812 Check |pmid= value (help).

[pmid29610829-2] Bierstone D, Wagenaar N, Gano DL, Guo T, Georgio G, Groenendaal F, de Vries LS, Varghese J, Glass HC, Chung C, Terry J, Rijpert M, Grunau RE, Synnes A, Barkovich AJ, Ferriero DM, Benders M, Chau V, Miller SP (June 2018). “Association of Histologic Chorioamnionitis With Perinatal Brain Injury and Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Among Preterm Neonates”. JAMA Pediatr. 172 (6): 534–541. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.0102. PMC 6137531. PMID 29610829.

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