Articles Related to prenatal diagnosis

Prenatal Diagnosis of Hydranencephaly in a Newborn of Psychic Mother with Olanzapine and Paroxetine Exposure During The Pregnancy

Hydranencephaly is an extremely rare congenital anomaly of the central nervous system, characterized by the almost total absence of the bilateral cerebral hemispheres and replaced by cerebrospinal fluid. Almost all cases are sporadic with an incidence of less than 1 per 10,000 births and a very poor prognosis. The exact main cause is still unknown, but hydranencephaly is usually found to develop secondarily to the occlusion of cerebral arteries above the supraclinoid level. We report the case of a full-term female infant with hydranencephaly diagnosed at 28 weeks of gestation by routine antenatal intrauterine ultrasonograph

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Sacrococcygeal Teratoma in a Developing Community

An epidemiologic data pool was formed from cases of SCT submitted as surgical specimens to a Reference Pathology Laboratory serving the Igbo Ethnic Group in South-Eastern Nigeria.

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