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Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/uog.1857

Fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly: outcome in 176 cases

` S. CARDAROPOLI and T. TODROS
P. GAGLIOTI, D. DANELON, S. BONTEMPO, M. MOMBRO*,
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit and *Neonatal Unit, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

K E Y W O R D S: cerebral lateral ventricles; fetus; neurodevelopmental outcome; ventriculomegaly

ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the outcome of fetuses affected by
different degrees of ventriculomegaly.
Methods We studied 176 fetuses with ventriculomegaly
and evaluated the pregnancy outcome and the neurodevelopmental outcome at age
24 months. The population
was divided into three groups according to ventricular width: A (mild ventriculomegaly, 10 to 12 mm); B
(moderate, 12.1 to 14.9 mm) and C (severe,
15 mm).
Results Ventriculomegaly was more often an isolated
finding in Group A (44/75; 58.7%) than in Group
B (10/41; 24.4%) and Group C (24/60; 40%). When
the ventriculomegaly was an isolated finding, 97.7% of
fetuses with mild, 80% with moderate and 33.3% of
those with severe dilatation were alive at
24 months.
The neurodevelopmental outcome was normal in 93% of
Group A, 75% of Group B and 62.5% of Group C.
Conclusions Our results suggest that the definition of
borderline ventriculomegaly should be limited to ventricular width below 12 mm. Cases with measurements
above this value are more often associated with malformations and have a normal neurodevelopmental outcome
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INTRODUCTION
A standard examination of the fetus includes prenatal
sonographic evaluation of the cerebral ventricles, which
can be detected as early as 15 weeks gestational age, and
their measurement is part of the assessment of the central
nervous system (CNS).
Severe ventriculomegaly (width of the atria of the
lateral ventricles
15 mm) is often associated with an
unfavorable outcome1 . However, the significance of lesser
degrees of dilatation, also called borderline dilatations

(between 10 and 15 mm), is still unclear: the dilatation

may be associated with structural or chromosomal
anomalies, or be a harmless finding with no pathological
significance2 6 . Therefore, the detection of dilatation
raises several problems in obstetric management and
counseling of prospective parents.
The aim of the present study was to assess the outcome
of fetuses with different degrees of prenatally diagnosed
ventricular dilatation.

METHODS
We reviewed 204 consecutive cases of ventriculomegaly
referred to our ultrasound unit in a 10-year period (June
1990 to June 2000). Twin pregnancies (n = 14) and
cases with incomplete follow-up (n = 14) were excluded,
leaving 176 cases for analysis.
Indications for scanning were: suspected ventriculomegaly and/or other CNS malformations in 123 cases
(70%), suspected non-CNS malformations in 30 cases
(17%) and no risk factors (routine scanning) in 23 cases
(13%). The scans were performed transabdominally with
different ultrasound equipment: Aloka SSD-680, Aloka
SSD-1700 (Aloka Company Ltd, Tokyo, Japan), ATL
3000 and ATL 5000 (Advanced Technology Laboratories,
Bothwell, WA, USA). Ventriculomegaly was defined as the
diameter of one or both lateral ventricles
10 mm. The
ventricular atria were measured on an axial plane at the
level of the thalami by positioning electronic calipers on
the internal margins of the ventricular wall perpendicular
to the long axis of the ventricles7 .
In each case, a thorough sonographic evaluation of
fetal anatomy was performed, including fetal echocardiography. Information about the fetal karyotype was
available in 152 cases. Twenty-four mothers refused the
cytogenetic analysis (17 had a normal child and seven
had the pregnancy terminated because of multiple malformations of the fetus). Screening for infections (TORCH)

Correspondence to: Prof. T. Todros, Dipartimento di Ostetricia e Ginecologia, Unita` di Medicina Materno-Fetale, Universita` di Torino, Via
Ventimiglia 3, 10126 Torino, Italia (e-mail: [email protected])
Accepted: 29 December 2004

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ORIGINAL PAPER

Fetal ventriculomegaly
was performed in only 30 cases. Data on pregnancy outcome were available in all cases: spontaneous miscarriage,
termination of pregnancy (TOP), type of delivery, perinatal, neonatal and infant morbidity and mortality. In
cases of miscarriage, TOP, neonatal or infant death the
postmortem examination was available. A detailed clinical examination and instrumental examination, where
appropriate, were obtained in liveborn infants. All the
surviving neonates were at least 24 months old at the
time of the study (range, 212 years).
Data on their neurodevelopmental condition were
obtained in structured interviews with the parents. The
questionnaire included the evaluation of: locomotor
activities and co-ordination of movements; hearing and
visual capacity (also activity of the oculomotor muscles);
development and quality of speech and socialization skills;
learning performance; evolution of diagnosed anomalies
or new pathologies and their therapies (often chronic)
(Figure 1).
We defined severe neurodevelopmental outcomes as:
cerebral palsy (with or without the need for orthopedic
help, urinary incontinence, daily enemas, etc.), epilepsy,
bradyacusia with prothesis, mono/bilateral blindness and
mental retardation. Mild anomalies were: moderate
motor skill problems (with or without tone and reflex
anomalies), squint, nystagmus, mild speech difficulty,
moderate learning problems and ventricular-peritoneal
shunt with normal motor development8 .
The population was divided into three groups according
to the degree of ventricular dilatation: mild, from 10 to
12 mm (Group A), moderate, from 12.1 to 14.9 mm
(Group B), and severe,
15 mm (Group C). There were
75 cases (43%) in Group A, 41 (23%) in Group B and
60 (34%) in Group C. Outcomes in the three groups
were compared by means of 2 test and Fishers exact
test.

RESULTS
The median gestational age at diagnosis of ventriculomegaly was 24 (range, 1536) weeks in Group A, 29
(range, 1639) weeks in Group B and 25 (range, 1539)
weeks in Group C. The number of cases diagnosed before
24 weeks was significantly higher (P = 0.003) in Groups
A (46/75; 61%) and C (34/60; 57%) than in Group B
(12/41; 29%). Different outcomes of the total population
are summarized in Figure 2.
Ventriculomegaly was more often an isolated finding in
Group A (44/75; 58.7%) than in Group B (10/41; 24.4%)
(P < 0.001) and Group C (24/60; 40%) (P = 0.047).
Structural and/or chromosomal anomalies were found
in 31 fetuses (41.3%) of Group A, 31 (75.6%) of
Group B and 36 (60%) of Group C (Table 1). All the
malformations were diagnosed in utero, although not
always at the first examination. In Group A, there were
three cases of chromosomal anomalies not associated with
structural malformations; the maternal age in these three
cases was 25, 30 and 42 years. The ventriculomegaly
was unilateral in five cases: four in Group A, one

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QUESTIONNAIRE
Assessment of locomotor activity:
1) When did he/she begin crawling?
2) When did he/she begin to walk alone?
3) When did he/she start running?
4) Did he/she have any difficulty with hand use?
5) Did he/she ever have motor co-ordination problems
(for instance when he/she was playing, running.)?
6) Did he/she have any difficulty with sitting?
Assessment of eye and hand co-ordination:
1) Did/Does he/she ever have visual disorders? If yes, of what
degree?
2) Does he/she wear glasses? If yes, why?
3) Does he/she have ocular motility problems? If yes, which
ones?
4) Does he/she have problems writing and/or drawing?
5) Is he/she able to reproduce with the drawing the images that
are shown to him/her?
Assessment of hearing and speech capacity:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

Did he/she ever have hearing disorders? If yes, what?

Must he/she use acoustic devices?
When did he/she start speaking?
Is he/she able to make him/herself understood?
Did he/she ever have language problems? If yes, is he/she
supported by a speech therapist? How many times a
week/month?

Assessment of learning performance:

1) Did/Does he/she go to kindergarten?
2) Did he/she regularly begin school? If not, how many years
late did he/she begin school?
3) Has he/she ever been rejected at school?
4) Does he/she need a support teacher? If yes, how many times
a week/month?
5) Does he/she find it difficult to study at home?
6) Does he/she have socialization problems (i.e. play with
children)?
7) Is he/she able to memorize things?
Others:
1) From 3rd to 5th year of life, did he/she acquire the capacities
to eat alone, to dress and wash him/herself?
2) Towards 2 years of age did the child acquire complete
bowel control? And bladder control by day?
3) Does the child use walkers?
4) Does the child require bladder catheterizations
and/or enemas? If yes, how many times a day?

Figure 1 Questionnaire on the neurodevelopmental condition of

the surviving neonates.

of which had associated malformations (spina bifida),

and one in Group B (associated with a nasopharyngeal
tumor).
Seven fetuses (23% of the 30 that were tested) presented
with an underlying infection: five due to cytomegalovirus
(two in Group A, one in Group B and two in Group
C) and two due to Toxoplasma gondii (both in Group
C). Major sonographic anomalies (hydrops, ascites,
cerebral calcifications) were present in all these cases.
The male/female ratio was close to 1 in Groups B
and C, while males outnumbered females in Group A
(46 vs. 29).
TOP was chosen in 65 cases (37% of the total
population; 64% of the malformations diagnosed before

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Cases of ventriculomegaly
n = 204

Cases for analysis

n = 176

MILD
n = 75

Excluded
n = 28
twin pregnancies
14
incomplete follow-up 14

SEVERE
n = 60

MODERATE
n = 41

Associated*
n = 31

Associated*
n = 31

ISOLATED
n = 44

1 Spontaneous
miscarriage

Normal

Associated*
n = 36

ISOLATED
n = 10

ISOLATED
n = 24

13 TOP
2 Neonatal death
1 Infant death

1 TOP
1 Neonatal death

n = 40

Normal

n=6

Normal

n=5

Mild handicap n = 2

Mild handicap n = 2

Mild handicap n = 1

Severe handicap n = 1

Severe handicap n = 0

Severe handicap n = 2

NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME of SURVIVORS

Figure 2 Flow chart showing the different outcomes of the total population. * Associated with structural and/or chromosomal malformations
(see Table 1). TOP, termination of pregnancy.

24 weeks). Almost half of them (31) were in Group

C, 22 in Group A and 12 in Group B. In 14 cases,
ventriculomegaly was the only finding and 13 of them
were in the severe form. Data on TOP, spontaneous
miscarriage, intrauterine death, neonatal death and
infant death in each group are reported separately
for cases of isolated and non-isolated ventriculomegaly
(Table 2).
Since the outcome in cases with structural and/or
chromosomal anomalies depends on the type of the
associated malformations, we further considered outcome data only for isolated cases. When ventriculomegaly
was an isolated finding, 97.7% of fetuses with mild,
80% of those with moderate and 33% of those with
severe dilatation were alive at
24 months. The neurodevelopmental outcome at the age of
24 months
was normal in 93%, 75% and 62.5% of the surviving

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neonates, respectively (Table 3). There were two cases of

mild handicap in Group A (language problems requiring a speech therapist; nystagmus), two cases in Group
B (mild intellective impairment requiring a delay in
starting primary school and the need for a support
teacher; ventriculoperitoneal shunt with normal neurodevelopmental outcome and mild strabismus) and one
in Group C (hydrocephalus with ventriculoperitoneal
shunt and mild neurodevelopmental delay at 1 year of
age).
Among the 106 liveborn fetuses, the ventricular
dilatation improved and eventually disappeared during
intrauterine life in 50 cases, remained unchanged in 37
cases and increased in 19 cases. A normal outcome was
found significantly more often when ventriculomegaly
improved (92%) than when it remained unchanged (35%)
(P < 0.001) or worsened (21%) (P < 0.001) (Table 4).

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Table 1 Structural and chromosomal anomalies in Groups A, B and C

Group
A

No. of
cases

Chromosomal
anomalies

Structural malformations

47,XY,+21
47,XX,+21
47,XX,+21
47,XY,+18
46,XY/47,XY,+8 (mosaicism)
47,XX,+21
47,XX,+21
47,XY,+13

5
4
3
1
10
B

1
10
6
2
3
9

2
10
11
1
1
1
10

Omphalocele, ascites, heart malformations

Pyelectasis (Potter 4)
Clinodactyly, dysmorphia
Common atrioventricular canal
Brachycephaly, single umbilical artery, polydactyly, VSD, DandyWalker
syndrome
Spina bifida/myelomeningocele
Agenesis of the corpus callosum
DandyWalker syndrome
Cerebral hemorrhage
Non-CNS malformations: multiple malformations (7), congenital heart disease
(1), others (2)
Closed choanas, hand deformations, renal cysts and pyelectasis, heart anomalies
Spina bifida/myelomeningocele
Agenesis of the corpus callosum
DandyWalker syndrome
Other CNS malformations: nasopharyngeal tumor, cephalocele, pachygyria
Non-CNS malformations: genetic syndromes (5), multiple malformations (3),
congenital heart disease (1)
Dysmorphia, sacral meningocele
Dysmorphia, clubfoot, claw hands (Klinefelter)
Spina bifida/myelomeningocele
Agenesis of the corpus callosum
DandyWalker syndrome
Cerebral hemorrhage
Heterotopia
Non-CNS malformations: multiple malformations (8), diaphragmatic hernia (1),
esophageal atresia (1)

47,XY,+21

47,XXX
47,XXY

CNS, central nervous system; VSD, ventricular septal defect

Table 2 Outcome of 176 fetuses with ventriculomegaly
Group A (75)

Termination of pregnancy
Spontaneous miscarriage
Intrauterine death
Neonatal death
Infant death
Alive at
24 months of age

Group B (41)

Group C (60)

Isolated
(44)

Associated
(31)

Isolated
(10)

Associated
(31)

Isolated
(24)

Associated
(36)

Total
(176)

0
1
0
0
0
43

22
2
0
2
0
5

1
0
0
1
0
8

11
1
0
2
2
15

13
0
0
2
1
8

18
1
0
2
1
14

65
5
0
9
4
93

DISCUSSION
Abnormal dilatation of the cerebral lateral ventricles was
one of the first malformations to be recognized prenatally
in the late seventies. The diagnosis of hydrocephaly was
made when the ventricle/hemisphere ratio was above
the upper limits of reference ranges. Subsequent studies
characterized the in utero growth of different parts of
the ventricular system and reference values of ventricular
width were established throughout pregnancy7,9 11 . The
accepted standard today is the measurement of atrial
width at the level of the choroid plexus.

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Table 3 Neurodevelopmental outcome of survivors with isolated

ventriculomegaly
Outcome n (%)

n
Normal
Mild handicap
Severe handicap

43
40* (93)
2 (4.6)
1 (2.3)

8
6 (75)
2 (25)
0 (0)

8
5 (62.5)
1 (12.5)
2 (25)

*Three cases of unilateral ventriculomegaly. Group A vs. C,

P = 0.042. A case of retinoblastoma.

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Table 4 Outcome of the liveborn fetuses according to the evolution of ventriculomegaly in utero
Evolution of
ventriculomegaly
Improved in:
Group A
Group B
Group C
Total n (%)
Stable in:
Group A
Group B
Group C
Total n (%)
Worsened in:
Group A
Group B
Group C
Total n (%)

Normal

Mild handicap

Severe handicap

37
5
4
46 (92)

2
1

3 (6)

1 (2)

7
2
4
13 (35)

1
1
2 (5)

1
7
3
11 (30)

2
4
5
11 (30)

10
14
13
37

2
2
4 (21)

1
1
2 (10.5)

4
7
11 (58)

1
1
2 (10.5)

0
8
11
19

Atrial width above 15 mm from 1416 weeks onward

is usually associated with a poor prognosis1 . Our
study confirms previous data: 60% of the cases with
ventricular width
15 mm had associated structural
malformations of the CNS and/or other organs. Pregnancy
was terminated in most cases diagnosed before 24 weeks
(88%) and there was one case of spontaneous miscarriage.
Of the 60 fetuses with severe ventriculomegaly, only
10 (16%) were alive and normally developed at the
age of at least 2 years. Even when the analysis was
limited to cases of isolated ventriculomegaly, the rate
of normal neurodevelopmental outcome was 62.5%.
Graham et al.12 found major neurological morbidity
at pediatric follow-up in 33% (3/9) of survivors with
isolated severe ventriculomegaly. It is noteworthy that
we diagnosed only a relatively small percentage of cases
(57%) before 24 weeks of gestational age; since it is
easy to diagnose severe ventriculomegaly, this means that
almost half of severe ventricular dilatations developed
later in prenatal life.
The published reports on borderline ventriculomegaly,
defined as ventricular width between 10 and 15 mm, are
relatively few and often not comparable, especially with
regard to neurodevelopmental outcome because of the
variable length of follow-up and different methodological
approaches4 6,11 16 .
We reviewed 116 such cases which makes ours the
largest study. We separately analyzed cases of mild (10
to 12 mm) and moderate (12.1 to 14.9 mm) ventriculomegaly and found that the latter ones were significantly
more often associated with structural anomalies (75%)
than mild cases (41%). The large variation in the frequency of associated anomalies reported in the literature
on borderline ventriculomegaly2,3,5,6,14,15 , ranging from
10%6 to 76%2 , might be due to variation in the proportion of cases with mild and moderate ventriculomegaly;
unfortunately, in most studies data were not separately
analyzed for cases with atrial width < 12 mm or > 12 mm.
Only Vergani et al.5 found that an atrial width < 12 mm

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Dead

Total (106)

40
6
4
50

was associated with other anomalies in 6% of the cases,

compared with 56% when the atrial width was
12 mm.
Once structural malformations are ruled out, there is
still a risk of chromosomal anomalies. The frequency of
chromosomal anomalies reported in the literature in these
cases ranges from 0 to 14%3,5,6,12,14,15,17,18 ; separate
analysis for mild and moderate ventriculomegaly is never
carried out. Although our sample is too small to draw
any final conclusion, our data suggest that, at variance
with structural anomalies, the degree of ventriculomegaly
is not predictive of the risk of aneuploidies. None
of the cases with ventricular width > 12 mm had
isolated chromosomal anomalies; there were three isolated
aneuploidies in cases of mild ventriculomegaly.
Screening for infections (usually TORCH) is recommended when ventriculomegaly is diagnosed5,6,13,19 .
However, there are few data to argue in favor or against
such an approach. Although it suggests that TORCH
infections are frequent (23%), our study is not conclusive
because the number of screened cases was small (n = 30).
We collected follow-up data when the infants were
at least 24 months old by means of interviews with
the parents. Although this way of obtaining information about the condition of infants produces a very high
rate of follow-ups, the results must be viewed with caution
because parents are sometimes not objective. A strength
of our study is that the infants were 24 months or older at
the time of the interviews. It is well-known that this age
must be reached in order to exclude moderate to severe
neuromotor disabilities, and parents usually report this
type of damage. A longer follow-up, to school age, and a
neurological evaluation are needed to exclude mild motor
or behavioral abnormalities which are often not reported
by the parents.
Another strength of our study is that we analyzed
the data separately according to the degree of ventriculomegaly: mild (10 to 12 mm) and moderate (12.1 to
14.9 mm). Neither group had severe neurodevelopmental
outcomes, if we exclude the case of retinoblastoma, which
is most likely a chance association. However, the overall

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outcome was better when the ventriculomegaly was mild:
it was normal in 93% of the cases compared with 75% in
moderate cases. Vergani et al.5 reported similar results in
isolated cases: a significantly lower rate of developmental
delay when atrial width was < 12 mm (3%) than when
it was 1215 mm (23%). Pilu et al.6 , in a review of the
literature on 141 cases, reported a 3.8% rate of abnormal
neurodevelopmental outcome when the atrial width was
< 12 mm, compared to 14% when it was 1215 mm6 .
Recently, Signorelli et al.16 published results in 60 cases of
mild isolated ventriculomegaly  12 mm, reporting normal neurodevelopmental outcome in 100% of the cases.
They suggested considering this atrial width a variant of
the norm, once structural and chromosomal anomalies
have been excluded. The fact that only in Group A there
was a prevalence of male fetuses (61%) would support
the observation that male fetuses have a slightly greater
atrial width compared to females6 .
The evolution of ventriculomegaly in utero seems to
be related to the outcome, with better prognosis when
ventriculomegaly improves or disappears, independently
of the severity at first presentation (mild, moderate or
severe).
In conclusion, our results suggest that the definition of
mild ventriculomegaly should be limited to a ventricular
width below 12 mm. Cases with measurements above this
value, but below 15 mm, are more often associated with
structural malformations. Moreover, they have a normal
neurodevelopmental outcome less frequently, although
numbers are too small to reach statistical significance. We
suggest that they should be considered separately (and
defined as moderate). When ventriculomegaly is found,
the diagnostic work-up must include targeted ultrasound
examinations and fetal echocardiography since the rate of
associated malformations is high and CNS or extraneural
anomalies may be present. It must be underscored that
in some cases associated structural malformations may
be diagnosed later in pregnancy. Although the rate of
chromosomal anomalies in isolated ventriculomegaly is
fairly low, it still justifies offering fetal karyotyping.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank Marilisa Biolcati for the statistical analysis and
Dr Peter Christie for reviewing the English language.

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