Meningocele following aplasia of the occipital bone.
We describe a first trimester female foetus with aplasia of the occipital bone allowing a meningocele without skin coverage to be formed. The pregnancy was terminated, and on later autopsy the brain appeared to be intact. The foetus carried an apparently balanced translocation 46,XX,t(3;9)(p21.3;q22.3) inherited from a normal father and grandfather.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway. tme@lyse.net
Torbjørn M
TM
Eggebø
Janne
J
Brathetland
Hege U
HU
Dirdal
Gunnar
G
Houge
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008588:Meningocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology*; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal