Case of acrania associated with congenital medulloblastoma.
A case of acrania associated with medulloblastoma, agenesis of the cerebellum, and nasoshizis, is reported. The diagnosis of acrania was made at the 20th gestational week by sonographic examination. To our knowledge, this is the first report of fetal acrania associated with congenital brain tumor.
Asai
M
M
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yokohama Minami-Kyosai Hospital, Japan. asaim@ltiblp.nci.nih.gov
Kitamura
H
H
Yanagibashi
T
T
Asukai
K
K
Katagiri
N
N
D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal