Ultrasonographic prenatal diagnosis of isolated acephaly
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Fetal Imaging - Case Report 2016
P: 196-198
December 2007

Ultrasonographic prenatal diagnosis of isolated acephaly

Diagn Interv Radiol 2007;13(4):196-198
1. Departments of Radiology, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey
2. From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey
3. From the Departments of Pathology, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey
4. From the Departments of Genetics, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey
5. From the Departments of Radiology, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey
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Received Date: 28.09.2006
Accepted Date: 21.11.2006
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ABSTRACT

First trimester obstetric ultrasonography of a 32-yearold female patient revealed a 13-week-old (according to the length of the femur and abdominal circumference) intrauterine live pregnancy with the absence of the fetal head. Medical abortus was performed with the diagnosis of acephaly and final diagnosis was confirmed by pathological and radiological examinations. We present and discuss the possible etiopathologic mechanisms of an acephaly case, which is described as acardia-acephaly complex in the literature, and usually appears in cases of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence, but has not been previously reported as an isolated finding.