Ethmocephaly caused by de novo translocation 18;21—prenatal diagnosis |
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Authors: | Israel Goldstein Amir Weissman Ronit Brill-Zamir Ilana Laevsky Arie Drugan |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel;2. Institute of Genetics, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel |
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Abstract: | Ethmocephaly is a rare anomaly associated with partial failure of cleavage of the prosencephalon. Morphologically, it is closely related to cyclopia. We present an extremely rare case of ethmocephaly diagnosed in utero and caused by an unbalanced de novo translocation 18;21. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Keywords: | ethmocephaly prenatal diagnosis cyclopia hypotelorism |
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