Prenatal Sonographic Image of Sirenomelia with Anencephaly and Craniorachischisis Totalis

Prenatal diagnosis of sirenomelia with anencephaly and craniorachischisis totalis

RATIONALE Sirenomelia and anencephaly are well-defined congenital malformations that usually occur independently. PATIENT CONCERNS We report a case of combined sirenomelia, anencephaly and complete rachischisis, diagnosed in the 16th week of gestation. DIAGNOSES To our knowledge, this is the 7th case in the literature and the first that is diagnosed so early in pregnancy. INTERVENTIONS Th...

High-resolution sonographic diagnosis of sirenomelia.

Received November 4, 2005, from Sonoscan Ultrasonic Scan Centre, Coimbatore, India (S.B.V.); and Anush Hospital, Sathyamangalam, India (A.P.A.). Revision requested November 9, 2005. Revised manuscript accepted for publication November 14, 2005. Address correspondence to S. Boopathy Vijayaraghavan, MD, DMRD, 16 B Venkatachalam Rd, R. S. Puram, Coimbatore 641 002, India. E-mail: [email protected]...

Prenatal Diagnosis of Anencephaly

Human serum normally contains only the conjugated bile salts, glycocholate, glycochenodeoxycholate, taurocholate and taurochenodeoxycholate (Sandberg et al., 1965 ; Panveliwalla et al., 1970), with a total concentration below 5pmol/l. In serum from jaundiced patients the total bile salt concentration may rise to values exceeding 250pmol/l (Panveliwalla et al., 1970). The conjugated chenodeoxych...

Holoprosencephaly: A Case Report and Review of Prenatal Sonographic Findings

Holoprosencephaly is a rare intracranial abnormality. The incidence of holoprsencephaly is between 0.56-0.63 of 10,000 live-born infants10. It has classified into three degrees, alobar, semilobar and lobar. In this case report we are introducing a case of Holoprosencephaly, in 13 weeks of pregnancy which was twin. We could identified this abnormality and the reduction was done in the appropriat...

Prenatal diagnosis of pentalogy of cantrell with craniorachischisis by three-dimensional ultrasonography in the first trimester.