Fetal Acrania - Prenatal Sonographic Diagnosis and Imaging Features of Aborted Fetal Brain

Authors

  • Muhammad umar Amin
  • Rabia Mahmood
  • Muhammad Nafees
  • Tariq Shakoor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v3i7.271

Keywords:

Acrania, abortion, brain, cranium

Abstract

We report a 35 year old female patient referred to our ultrasound department to rule out congenital anomalies. The fetus was found to have a completely formed brain, base of the skull and facial structures but lacking a cranium. The fetus was therapeutically aborted. We correlated our antenatal sonographic findings with gross pathological features and CT Scan of the fetal head. Despite an extensive search, CT features of aborted fetal brain and base of skull were not found in the literature.

Author Biographies

Muhammad umar Amin

consultant radiologist

RADIOLOGY AND IMAGING DEPARTMENT

CMH ATTOCK

Rabia Mahmood

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Muhammad Nafees

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Tariq Shakoor

CONSULTANT ophthalmologist ,CMH LAHORE

Published

2009-06-30

Issue

Section

Obstetric & Gynecologic Radiology