PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Crade, Michael
AU  - Patel, Jagdish
AU  - McQuown, Dennis
TI  - Sonographic Imaging of the Glycogen Stage of the Fetal Choroid Plexus
DP  - 1981 Jul 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 345--347
VI  - 2
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/2/4/345.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/2/4/345.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1981 Jul 01; 2
AB  - At 8–22 weeks gestation, the lateral ventricular choroid plexus swells with glycogen deposits, which are thought to be an important source of anaerobic energy for a relatively hypovascular stage of brain development. Sonographic images during this phase demonstrate enlarged and echogenic ventricles, accounting for up to 80%–90% of the cerebral axial dimension in the earliest gestations studied. This increased echogenicity may be due to these glycogen stores. Because a rapid but sonographically definable decrease in the relative size of these structures occurs, routine imaging for the presence and character of the choroid plexus might prove to be a useful parameter in fetal examination.