Pathologıc fındıngs of neural tube defects

Year 1990, Volume: 3 Issue: 2 - Marmara Medical Journal, 82 - 84, 01.04.1990

F. N. Şeniz

Abstract

This report presents the congenital malformations found in a prospectively collected series of 10 infants with neural tube defects. Nine of these were stillborns and one was a neonate who died within 24 hours after birth. All of the infants were singletons. Five of them had craniorachischisis totalis, 2 had anencephaly, 2 had encephalocele, and one had very severe form of cerebro-facial dysplasia.

Keywords

Neural tube defects, craniorachischisis totalis, anencephaly, encephalocele, cerebro-facial dysplasia