title: Second-trimester diagnosis of fetal cataract in a fetus with Walker-Warburg syndrome.
abstract: We report on the prenatal diagnosis of bilateral fetal cataract in the 17th week of pregnancy as the first ultrasonographic sign of a Walker-Warburg syndrome in a familial case. No other anomalies could be detected by ultrasonographic examination at that time. Both the bilateral fetal cataract and specific abnormalities of a Walker-Warburg syndrome were confirmed after the termination of the pregnancy in the second trimester.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Beinder
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bornemann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wenkel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002386:Cataract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000151:congenital*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D013577:Syndrome; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal