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Prenatal diagnosis of a nasal glioma

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Nasal glioma is a rare congenital midline malformation composed of heterotopic masses of neuroglial tissue. We report a case of fetal nasal glioma diagnosed by sonography at 22 weeks’ gestation as a vascular hypoechoic mass located on the left nasal bone. Fetal MRI excluded an underlying bone defect. At birth, the lesion appeared as a reddish mass. Post natal imaging confirmed the vascularisation within the lesion with an arterial low-flow velocity and a high-resistance spectrum, consistent with a glioma. The child underwent surgery at 5 months and final diagnosis was made on pathological examination. Therefore, a vascular lesion and a clinical aspect mimicking a haemangioma should not be considered sufficient to reach the final diagnosis.

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The authors thank Richard Medeiros, Rouen University Hospital medical editor, for editing the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France

    Véronica Grzegorczyk & Eric Verspyck

  2. Paediatric Radiology Department, Rouen University Hospital, 1 rue de Germont, Seine Maritime, 76000, Rouen Cedex, France

    Marie Brasseur-Daudruy & Cécile Cellier

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Belvédère Hospital, Rouen, France

    Gérard Labadie

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Correspondence to Marie Brasseur-Daudruy.

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Grzegorczyk, V., Brasseur-Daudruy, M., Labadie, G. et al. Prenatal diagnosis of a nasal glioma. Pediatr Radiol 40, 1706–1709 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-010-1642-6

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