post-mortem MRI (PMMR)

The first thing you should know is how to perform such a study. Luckily we have you covered! Check out the article below listing the suggested sequences for this study. Feel free to adapt as you wish for your own MRI scanner in-house.

Numerous articles have been published on PMMR for children, in particular perinatal deaths. The largest diagnostic accuracy study was called the MARIA Study which examined 400 cases. Not all the articles from this are open access, however links to the most pertinent studies are provided below for reference.

A good place to start is to understand the normal, expected appearances of post-mortem imaging in children, before going on to learn about the abnormal findings. The following resources and papers are highly recommended.

So.. if we have a diagnostic PMMR and good quality prenatal ultrasound scan - do we need the autopsy? When should we proceed and when should we not? What minimally invasive methods can we use with PMMR and should we?

We provide a sample of interesting cases below with annotated reports to teach how to report PMMR. Clicking on the case numbers will bring up a new tab in pacsbin for images. In order to preserve data storage, only the most relevant sequences have been provided for review. [COMING SOON]