A case report of recurrent anencephaly and literature review

Anencephaly is a rare congenital anomaly in which the forebrain, meninges, vault of the skull, and scalp all fail to form. We report a case of a 32-year-old gravida 2 woman with an anencephalic fetus detected at the 21st gestational week. She had a history of an intrauterine fetal death of an anence...

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Published in:Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology 2006, Vol.33 (3), p.185-189
Main Authors: Koukoura, O, Sifakis, S, Stratoudakis, G, Mantas, N, Kaminopetros, P, Koumantakis, E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abnormalities, Multiple - diagnosis
Abnormalities, Multiple - embryology
Abortion, Therapeutic
Adult
Amniocentesis
Anencephaly - diagnostic imaging
Anencephaly - embryology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimester, Third
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
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Summary:Anencephaly is a rare congenital anomaly in which the forebrain, meninges, vault of the skull, and scalp all fail to form. We report a case of a 32-year-old gravida 2 woman with an anencephalic fetus detected at the 21st gestational week. She had a history of an intrauterine fetal death of an anencephalic fetus at the 20th gestational week two years before. We present the case and briefly review the literature.
ISSN:0390-6663