title: [Prenatal imaging of the Meckel-Gruber syndrome].
abstract: A 32 years old woman, gravida 2 para 1, presented at 27 + 5 weeks' gestation with a large fetal head for the gestational age, an occipital encephalocele and ventriculomegaly. Both fetal kidneys were large, echogenic and multicystic, but oligohydramnion was not observed. Post-axial polydactyly of the fetal feet was demonstrated. The Meckel-Gruber syndrome was diagnosed, but termination of pregnancy was declined. Three weeks later, the patient spontaneously delivered an 1890 grams live-born female. The newborn died 2 days later in the neonate intensive care unit.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Lior
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lowenstein
authors.forename: Ido
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Solt
authors.forename: Ari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reiss
authors.forename: Mordechai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bardicef
authors.forename: Arie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Drugan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017689:Polydactyly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013577:Syndrome; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal