Acrania ultrasonography diagnosis: a rare embryologic malformation

The authors report a case of acrania diagnosed on antenatal period in a routine morphologic ultrasonography at 19 weeks of intra uterine gestation on a 20-year-old patient, gravida 1, para 0. Acrania associated with exencephaly is a rare and lethal malformation characterized by a defect of developme...

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Published inTunisie Medicale Vol. 82; no. 6; p. 560
Main Authors Rezgui-Marhoul, Lamia, Saïd, Wassim, Dridi, Lassaad, Ben Farhat, Leila, Ben M'Rad, Salmen, Hendaoui, Lotfi
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published Tunisia 01.06.2004
Subjects
Adult
Female
Humans
Neural Tube Defects - diagnostic imaging
Pregnancy
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
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Summary:The authors report a case of acrania diagnosed on antenatal period in a routine morphologic ultrasonography at 19 weeks of intra uterine gestation on a 20-year-old patient, gravida 1, para 0. Acrania associated with exencephaly is a rare and lethal malformation characterized by a defect of development of the flat bones of the scalp whereas cerebral tissue is present often abnormal. Ultrasonography had allowed to find besides the cerebral malformation, spinal and visceral fetal malformations as well as cord abnormality that included only two vessels.
ISSN:0041-4131