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Walker‐Warburg syndrome: Prenatal ultrasound findings
Author(s) -
Vohra Nidhi,
Ghidini Alessandro,
Alvarez Manuel,
Lockwood Charles
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.1970130707
Subject(s) - medicine , prenatal diagnosis , encephalocele , ultrasound , gestation , prenatal ultrasound , pediatrics , fetus , pregnancy , radiology , surgery , genetics , biology
Abstract The prenatal sonographic findings in a case of Walker‐Warburg syndrome are described. The patient was not at risk for this condition. Ultrasound examination at 34 weeks' gestation revealed hydrocephaly, Dandy‐Walker anomaly, and striking ocular abnormalities. From a review of the literature it appears that while intracranial abnormalities can lead to the diagnosis in cases at risk for this syndrome, ocular abnormalities are rather characteristic for this syndrome and they should be searched for in every case of hydrocephaly or encephalocele.