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Neuroimaging Findings of Congenital Zika Syndrome

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The imaging and pathological findings in congenital Zika syndrome include moderate and severe microcephaly, in as many as 75% of the cases [1], ophthalmological and auditory abnormalities [2, 3], and arthrogryposis [4]. However, these are not the only abnormalities that can be found, and the complete disease spectrum is still unknown. Some babies are born with head circumference at the lower limit of the normal range, but later progress to microcephaly. In the authors’ experience, they correspond to about 10% of microcephaly cases confirmed with positive IgM CSF (unpublished data). However, the clinical spectrum of the effects of Zika virus infection during pregnancy is not yet known.

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  1. Mauricio de Nassau University, Recife, PE, Brazil

    Maria de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Centro Diagnóstico Multimagem, Recife, PE, Brazil

    Maria de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão M.D., Ph.D.

  3. PROCAPE, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil

    Alessandra Mertens Brainer-Lima M.D., M.Sc.

  4. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil

    Arthur Cesário de Holanda

  5. Hospital Barão de Lucena, Recife, PE, Brazil

    Natacha Calheiros de Lima Petribu M.D., M.Sc.

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de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão, M., Brainer-Lima, A.M., de Holanda, A.C., de Lima Petribu, N.C. (2017). Neuroimaging Findings of Congenital Zika Syndrome. In: Vasco Aragão, M. (eds) Zika in Focus. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53643-9_6

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