Anencephaly and heterotopic central nervous tissue in lungs.
Heterotopic nodules of moderately well-differentiated central nervous tissue were seen in the lung of a full-term anencephalic baby who survived a few hours after birth. The pathogenesis of this rare condition remains obscure. None of the three hypotheses previously offered to explain this condition can be accepted or rejected on the basis of the recorded evidence.
D000309:Adrenal Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D000757:Anencephaly / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology