A full-term fetus with holo-acranial anencephaly and other abnormalities.
A fetus with no head or neck was dissected in order to trace possible remnants of those structures. Many other abnormalities were also displayed. Mechanisms of anencephaly are discussed, especially those which probably caused this malformation.
D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology; D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology*; D000757:Anencephaly / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013909:Thorax / Q000473:pathology