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Dear list
I have been too busy to keep up with recent threads
but just read this one (over 400 unread!) and wanted to add my 5 cents
worth - apologies if I am repeating anything already covered!
In our midwife & obstetrician ante natal clinic
we often see choroid plexus cysts in 18-20 week scans, which is the
usual time for the anatomy and placental location scan, which most clients
have.
The report always recommends a follow-up scan
around 30 weeks to see if they are still present. I have not yet seen one
that was an indicator of any problems, and the majority have resolved by the
time of the follow up scan. I know it causes a lot of anxiety for the
pregnant woman "cysts in the brain" sounds horrible, but I really think that
they are nearly always benign and may even be part of the normal
development. Although I have read that they can be associated with some
conditions, I have not yet seen this in the past 9 years.
I do believe that many pregnancies were terminated
in error when these things were first seen on ultrasounds and interpreted as
being severe conditions, we do not understand the intricacies of foetal
development well enough to know what is 'normal' sometimes!
Cheers, Sue
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