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THE EFFECTS OF FETAL INFECTIONS ON THE BRAIN
Maternal serum screening for intrauterine infections resulting from toxoplasmosis, other agents, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus (TORCH) can be performed.
While cytomegalovirus has been listed as the most common in utero infection, other infections such as toxoplasmosis, rubella, parvovirus, varicella zoster, and herpes simplex occur less often but may have devastating effects on the fetus.
The sonographic intracranial findings consistent with intrauterine infections are the presence of calcifications around the ventricles and ventriculomegaly.
