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Intracranial haemorrhage (ICH), vascular occlusion and infection are the destructive (clastic) lesions of the foetal brain. The changes in the brain due to these processes are generally seen in late second and third trimesters and hence may escape early detection.
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Rama Murthy, B.S. (2019). Hemorrhage, Infection and Destructive Lesions. In: Imaging of Fetal Brain and Spine. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5844-9_9
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