Nuchal cystic hygroma in five fetuses from 1819 to 1826 in the Meckel-anatomical collections at the University of Halle, Germany

• Published in: American journal of medical genetics. Part A Vol. 143A; no. 2; pp. 119 - 128
• Main Authors: Göbbel, Luminita, Schultka, Rüdiger, Klunker, Rudyard, Stock, Karsten, Helm, Jürgen, Olsson, Lennart, Opitz, John M., Gerlach, Antje, Tönnies, Holger
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 15.01.2007; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Cardiology. Vascular system; CGH; Developmental Biology; Diseases of the lymphatic vessels; DNA - analysis; DNA - genetics; Female; fetal cystic hygroma colli; Fetal Diseases - genetics; Fetal Diseases - pathology; Fetus - abnormalities; Germany; History, 19th Century; Humans; hydrops; JF Meckel the Younger (1781-1833); Lymphangioma, Cystic - genetics; Lymphangioma, Cystic - pathology; Male; Medical genetics; Medical sciences; Museums; Neck - pathology; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Skull - pathology; Ullrich-Turner "phenotype"; Ullrich–Turner “phenotype”, CGH; Europe; Germany; Cystic lymphangioma; JF Meckel the Younger (1781-1833); fetal cystic hygroma colli; hydrops; Ullrich-Turner phenotype; Malformation; CGH; Cardiovascular disease; Collection; Fetus; Turner phenotype; Benign neoplasm; Congenital disease; Lymphatic vessel disease

The Anatomical collection of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical School of the University of Halle, Germany, comprises more than 8,000 specimens. Around 600 of them show congenital anomalies. The collection of abnormal human and animal fetuses began as the private collection of Johan...