Neurodevelopmental outcome of children born with an isolated atretic cephalocele.

Itay Tokatly LatzerJonathan RothShlomi ConstantiniGustavo MalingerAlina Weissmann-BrennerLiat Ben-SiraAviva Fattal-ValevskiHadas Meirson

Published in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2021)

Children diagnosed with an IAC with/without a falcine sinus and devoid of coexisting intracranial abnormalities seem to have a normal neurodevelopmental outcome. Continuation of pregnancy may be recommended when an IAC is detected prenatally, and reassurance if detected postnatally.

Keyphrases

young adults
preterm birth
low birth weight
congenital heart disease
preterm infants
optic nerve