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Prenatal Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of Congenital Kyphosis due to Anterior Segmentation Failure
Author(s) -
Song TaeBok,
Kim YoonHa,
Oh SungTack,
Byun JiSoo,
Kirn EunKyung
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1994.tb00417.x
Subject(s) - medicine , kyphosis , scoliosis , ventriculomegaly , congenital scoliosis , fetus , prenatal diagnosis , surgery , anatomy , pregnancy , radiography , biology , genetics
A few cases of congenital scoliosis due to segmentation failure have so far reported and the antenatal detection of pure congenital kyphosis without scoliosis due to segmentation failure has not been reported. We report the first prenatal identification using ultrasound of a fetus affected with pure congenital kyphosis due to anterior segmentation failure of the vertebral body between the second and third lumbar spine which was associated with ventriculomegaly, cleft palate, and hydramnios.