Worried extremelly

[zabrinuta]

Hi. I went in for my 20 week us 3D. Everything went well except lateral ventricles are prominent at the border line,Should I freak out, because I am not calm since last Thursday? How seriuous is this ?

[zabrinuta]

Thanks a lot...The wait is just extremelly excruicating for me!!!

[DNP47]

Hmm hopefully the perinatologist is able to give you a thourough examination and is able to calm your fears. Hopefully its nothing. The only thing I could think of to cause the ventricles to be more prominent then normal would be an excess of cerebral spinal fluid? Ultrasounds are by no means a definitive diagnostic tool in fetal medicine. Sometimes they can see things that may mean nothing at all. I hope they give you some answers soon bc the wait must be excruciating for you. Please try not to stress until you have seen the specialist.

[zabrinuta]

Sorry I must say you are wrong. Both the heart and brain have ventricles. The brain has two lateral and 3rd and fourth ventrcle, but the heart has 2 ventricles Left and Right and 2 uppper chamber and 2 lower chamber in the heart. Thanks I will try not to worry but it is hard. They want me to go and see fetal maternal specialist for another Ultrassound

[NicoleCherie]

Ventricles are in the heart. Prominent meaning they could see them well. Sounds good to me.

I would be worried when they used the words, enlarged, abnormal, absent.

Prominent means they could see it well. Like a prominent ears. They can be seen. Doesn't mean its bad.

Ask the doctor to be sure. I never read any of my reports so I wouldn't over analyze it. Lol but doctor says she's fine and everything is going well.

[zabrinuta]

Well apparently the ventricles in brain are enlarged at the border line

[mommyofaria]

I've never heard that...what exactly does it mean if you know