Prenatal diagnosis and clinical significance of cephalocele-A single institution experience and literature review.

Sylwia DąbkowskaAnna M Kucinska-ChahwanAnna BeneturskaAlicja IlnickaBeata NowakowskaGrzegorz PanekTomasz RoszkowskiJulia Bijok

Published in: Prenatal diagnosis (2020)

Additional structural anomalies are common in fetuses with cephalocele. A significant number of fetuses have genetic abnormalities, and a detailed genetic testing should be performed in all cases. The prognosis is poor with high mortality rate and 0% intact survival.

Keyphrases

gestational age
case report
cardiovascular events
genome wide
risk factors
copy number
free survival
type diabetes
coronary artery disease
gene expression