Abstract

The authors present the results of their follow-up studies of data from the last four years on patients with congenital ventriculomegaly.

Objective: To study the psychomotor and mental developmental outcome of neonates with congenital ventriculomegaly diagnosed prenatally. In addition, patients were also classified into subgroups with subgrouping based on the etiology and complications of congenital ventriculomegaly and on the absence of ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement, and the findings compared between the different subgroups.

Methods: Level 3 fetal ultrasonography was used for the prenatal diagnosis of congenital ventriculomegaly in 30 infants. Using neurological examination and the modified Brunet-Lézine infant test performed postnatal follow-up of motor and sensory development and intelligence, respectively.

Results: The results show thirteen symptomless, well-developing patients, ten moderately handicapped patients and seven severely handicapped patients. Newborns with isolated, moderate ventriculomegaly have the best outcome.