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Fetal diffusion MR imaging was performed in 3 fetuses with CHD. ADC values in the periatrial WM, thalamus, and basal ganglia were compared with those in a control population of fetuses. Diffusivity in the periatrial WM and thalamus was higher for the fetuses with CHD compared with controls. These observations support the finding of abnormal in utero brain development in fetuses with CHD.
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Imagen de Difusión por Resonancia Magnética/métodos , Enfermedades Fetales/patología , Cardiopatías Congénitas/complicaciones , Leucoencefalopatías/patología , Tálamo/anomalías , Agenesia del Cuerpo Calloso , Cuerpo Calloso/patología , Femenino , Humanos , Leucoencefalopatías/congénito , Leucoencefalopatías/etiología , Embarazo , Diagnóstico Prenatal/métodos , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad , Tálamo/patologíaRESUMEN
In an elderly nursing home resident who had taken excessive dosages of bulk laxative for many years, small-bowel obstruction developed, requiring surgical intervention. A carcinoma of the ascending colon probably was the immediate cause of the obstruction, which resulted in the accumulation and inspissation of the bulk laxative throughout the small bowel. Great care should be exercised in the long-term use of these laxatives.