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Prenatal diagnosis of frontal encephalocele
Author(s) -
Marinho Márcia,
Lourenço Cátia,
Nogueira Rosete,
Valente Francisco
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22848
Subject(s) - encephalocele , medicine , meninges , presentation (obstetrics) , frontal bone , skull , neural tube , gestation , anatomy , fetus , frontal lobe , pathology , radiology , pregnancy , embryo , psychiatry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics
Encephalocele is a rare congenital form of neural tube defect characterized by a protrusion of the meninges and cerebral tissue through a skull defect. These defects are classified according to their location: frontal, parietal and occipital, the last one being the most common form of presentation. The prognosis is related to the anatomical site, the volume of the neural contents and the presence of coexisting abnormalities. Most pregnancies are terminated, since the prognosis is poor. We report a case of an isolated fetal frontal encephalocele diagnosed at 21 weeks of gestation.