Anencephaly

Case contributed by Andressa Wiltgen , 15 Nov 2020
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Andressa Wiltgen, 22 Nov 2020

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Status changed from draft to pending review.
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Diagnostic Certainty was set to .
Presentation was changed:
Pregnant woman became for a routine obstetrics ultrasound to investigate a possible malformation in the central nervous system. The presented ultrassound showed abscense of the skullcap and the "frog eye" appearance due to abscense of the cranial bone/brain and bulging orbits, the findings where compatible with the anencephaly diagnosis.fetuses.
Age changed from to 25.

Tags changed:

  • anencephaly

Systems changed:

  • Central Nervous System

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