Fetus with asymmetric parietal encephalocele, and hydrops secondary to laryngeal atresia.
We describe a fetus with an asymmetric, nonmidline, parietal encephalocele that appeared to result from "expulsion" through the center of the membranous bone; the fetus also had laryngeal atresia, which caused pulmonary overdistension (fetal Valsalva maneuver) with consequent hydrops fetalis. A common cause and clear pathogenetic relationship between these anomalies is not apparent.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013577:Syndrome