Anencephaly - Diagnosis
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Prenatal diagnosis of a case with anencephaly-omphalocele-unilateral absent radial ray.

30 Dec 2008 We report here a female fetus with anencephaly, omphalocele and unilateral radial aplasia. The combination of two of these three malformations were reported in a number of patients diagnosed as Gershoni-Barush syndrome, ORR phenotype, VATER ... Read more...

[Reflections about the obstetric attitude towards anencephalic fetuses]

24 Aug 2008 Pregnancy of an anencephalic fetus generates deep thoughts about its diagnosis, treatment and management of maternal risk, having in mind the irreversibility of the fetal situation. At the present moment, there are no guidelines for labor care in ... Read more...

[Ontological and ethical status of anencephalic fetus]

24 Aug 2008 Due to advances in prenatal techniques, it is now possible to diagnose malformations in utero, such as anencephaly, which in the past was only known at birth. Having knowledge of a malformation before birth, the moment in which almost every ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Anencephaly - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Acardiac foetus - about one case] 4 May 2009
• Prenatal diagnosis of a case with anencephaly-omphalocele-unilateral absent radial ray. 30 Dec 2008
• [Reflections about the obstetric attitude towards anencephalic fetuses] 24 Aug 2008
• [Ontological and ethical status of anencephalic fetus] 24 Aug 2008
• Prenatal management of anencephaly. 5 Jul 2008
• A special case of anencephaly in an early-born baby with an exagerated prognastic face: further example for human devolution. 30 May 2008
• Validation of neural tube defects in the full featured--general practice research database. 29 Apr 2008
• Cyclopia, aprosencephaly, and acardiac twinning: Is hypoxia-ischemia a unifying mechanism? 13 Dec 2007
• Acardiac syndrome coexisting with complex skeletal dysplasia in the co-twin: 3D sonographic findings. 30 Aug 2007
• The management of the anencephalic foetus. 30 May 2007
• Familial exencephaly--anencephaly sequence and translocation. 30 Mar 2007
• Associated malformations in cases with neural tube defects. 30 Dec 2006
• Spontaneous pregnancy outcome after prenatal diagnosis of anencephaly. 5 Jul 2006
• [Anencephaly, thrombosis and anticardiolipin antibody] 30 May 2006
• Is there an increased rate of anencephaly in twins? 30 Oct 2005
• XK-aprosencephaly and related entities. 30 Oct 2005
• Dicephalus dibrachius with anencephaly. 29 Sep 2005
• [17alpha-hydroxypregnenolone] 30 Jul 2005
• Acephalus acardiac fetus. 29 Sep 2004
• Mediastinal fetus in fetu. Case report and embryological discussion. 30 Aug 2004

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Technical information about 'Anencephaly'

Definition: A malformation of the nervous system caused by failure of the anterior neuropore to close. Infants are born with intact spinal cords, cerebellums, and brainstems, but lack formation of neural structures above this level. The skull is only partially formed but the eyes are usually normal. This condition may be associated with folate deficiency. Affected infants are only capable of primitive (brain stem) reflexes and usually do not survive for more than two weeks. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p247)

Descriptor UI: D000757

Alternative terms: Anencephaly; Congenital Absence of Brain; Brain Congenital Absence; Anencephalia; Anencephalias; Anencephalus; Absence of Brain, Congenital; Incomplete Anencephaly; Anencephaly, Incomplete; Partial Anencephaly; Anencephalies, Partial; Anencephaly, Partial; Partial Anencephalies; Hemicranial Anencephaly; Anencephaly, Hemicranial; Aprosencephaly; Aprosencephalies;

Related Mesh Headings: alpha-Fetoproteins;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; ultrastructure; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.500.680.196; C16.131.581.197; C16.131.666.680.196;

Online Note: use ANENCEPHALY to search ANENCEPHALUS 1966-78

History Note: 79; was ANENCEPHALUS 1964-78 (Prov 1964-65)