title: Prenatal diagnosis of septal agenesis with normal pituitary function.
abstract: Septal agenesis is a rare brain malformation that is characterized by partial or complete absence of the septum pellucidum, either isolated or associated with other brain anomalies. We report a case presenting with septal agenesis and normal optic chiasm and pituitary function in a fetus at 19 weeks of gestation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, San Massimo Hospital, Penne, Italy. ccelen@tin.it
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Celentano
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Prefumo
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liberati
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tartaro
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lattanzio
authors.forename: Sigfried
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rotmensch
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012688:Septum Pellucidum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal