The theory has recently been put forward by Renwick (1972a) that anencephalus and spina bifida are caused by exposure early in pregnancy to potatoes which are affected by blight or are imperfect for other reasons. In support of this, a temporal correlation was claimed to exist between the severity of blight and the frequency of anencephalus, largely because of a strong correlation between the a...

Introduction Amnion rupture in early pregnancy results in severe anomalies such as anencephaly, encephalocoele, exencephaly, acrania, facial clefts and absence of limbs (1,2). Most affected fetuses abort in the second trimester, are stillborn or die soon after birth (1,3).We report an infant with amnion rupture sequence, who survived for 9 weeks after birth. A Medline search failed to reveal do...

Radiological records of 104 patients with multiple vertebral anomalies without apparent spina bifida and 112 infants with spina bifida cystica were surveyed and the incidences of hemivertebrae and of rib, vertebral body, and vertebral arch fusions were recorded. The distributions of these four anomalies along the vertebral axis were found not to be statistically different between the two age gr...

Anomalies related to cardiovascular system are the most commonly seen congenital anomalies that are the causes of death during the newborn period. Central nervous systems anomalies such as; microcephaly, anencephaly, hydrocephaly, encephalosel, spina bifida are also well defined as the frequent causes of death [1]. The aim of this study is to present an infantile postpartum death case, caused b...

Objective The introduction of first trimester nuchal translucency measurement has resulted in earlier identification of foetuses with exencephaly. Exencephaly is an uncommon congenital malformation in which the flat bones of calvaria are absent leaving the brain completely exposed or protrudes through the defect in the cranial vault. Anencephaly may ensue as a result of prolonged exposure of th...

We present our experience in the contribution of three-dimensional ultrasonography, using the rendering mode, to the prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies including neurological defects (acrania/anencephaly, encephalocele, holoprosencephaly), facial anomalies (cyclopia and facial clefts), abdominal wall defects (omphalocele and gastroschisis) and defects of extremities (fetal muscle-skelet...

Objective: There are certain situations in obstetric ultrasound such as hydrocephalus, anencephaly, short limb dysplasia, where traditional biometric values cannot be used to assess gestational age. In these situations, we have to use other parameters for the accurate assessment of gestational age. One of the useful parameters is foetal foot length because it is easily accessed and measured eas...