A case report of recurrent anencephaly and literature review

Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol. 2006;33(3):185-9.

Abstract

Anencephaly is a rare congenital anomaly in which the forebrain, meninges, vault of the skull, and scalp all fail to form. We report a case of a 32-year-old gravida 2 woman with an anencephalic fetus detected at the 21st gestational week. She had a history of an intrauterine fetal death of an anencephalic fetus at the 20th gestational week two years before. We present the case and briefly review the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / embryology
  • Abortion, Therapeutic
  • Adult
  • Amniocentesis
  • Anencephaly / diagnostic imaging*
  • Anencephaly / embryology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Third
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal*