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Congenital Anomalies Flashcards

1
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Define congenital anomalies

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Birth defects

Developmental malformation

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Types of Congenital anomalies

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Malformation
Deformations
Disruptions
Sequence
Syndromes
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Causes of congenital malformations

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Gene defects
Chromosomal abnormalities
Multifactoral disorders
Teratogenic agents
Unknown (idiopathic)
Environmental
Congenital infections
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Discuss Malformations (primary) anomalies

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Intrinsically abnormal developmental process
Multifactoral (polygenic)
Affects single or multiple systems

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Define Malformations (primary) anomalies

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A morphological defect of a part of an organ that has resulted from an abnormal development process.

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Examples of Malformations.

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Meckel’s diverticulum
Congenital heart disease
Anencephy

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When do malformations (primary) anomalies form?

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During embryogenesis.

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Discuss disruption (secondary) anomalies.

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Destructions of previous normal organs.
Arise from external disturbances in morphogenesis.
Morphological alterations of structures after formations.
Comes from breakdown or interference with an originally normal developed process.

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Causes of Disruption (secondary) anomalies caused by environmental/instrinsic factors

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Fetal infections
Chemical
Radiation
Hypoxia

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Examples of Disruption (secondary) anomalies

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Congenital infection

Amniotic bands

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Discuss Deformations

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An intrinsic disturbance in morphogenesis mainly due to compression of the fetus by biochemical forces.
An abnormal form, shape, or position of a body part that is present because of abnormal mechanical forces.
Compression can be localized of generalized

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Underlying causes in Deformation anomalies

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Uterine constraint
Maternal factors
Fetal placement factors

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Examples of Deformation anomalies

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Club foot (Congenital Talipes Equinovarus)

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Classifications of club foot

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Positional
Idiopathic
Secondary club foot

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Which joint is effected in club foot?

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Talo-calcaneal-navicular joint (TCN)

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What does equinus means?

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Downward facing

17
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What scoring measure is used in club foot?

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Pirani score

18
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What is the treatment for club foot?

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Ponseti method.
Correction phase (manipulations and casts, achilles tendon cut)
Maintenance phase
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Discuss Sequence anomalies.

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A cascade of events triggered by one abnormality.

20
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Is the triggers of Sequence anomalies external of internal?

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External disturbances

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Example of Sequence anomalies?

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Oligohydramnios->fetal compression->abnormalities of hands and feet, hip dislocations, lung hypoplasia.

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Causes of oligohydramnios?

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Maternal of fetal causes

23
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Define Syndrome anomalies

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A group of anomalies occurring together with a specific common etiology.

24
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Name examples of Syndrome anomalies

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Down syndrome
Turner’s syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome

25
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Discuss Neural tube defects

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Some part of the neural tube or its coverings has not closed.
Most common malformation

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How can a neural tube defect be diagnosed Prenatal?

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Ultrasound
Invasive test (amniocentesis and fetal cord sampling; chorionic villus sampling)
Serum screening (Maternal->alpha fetoprotein elevation at 16 weeks)
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Two classifications of Spinal Dysraphism

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Open and closed

28
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What is Spina Bifida Occulta?

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Vertebral (usually lumbosacral) defect with normal cord and membranes. Skin covers the defect; skin might be abnormally pigmented, by a hairy patch or dermal sinus.

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Describe Meningocele spinal defect

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Meningeal sac protrudes through a bony defect and is covered by skin.

30
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Describe Meningomyelocele spinal defect

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The skin overlying the sac ruptures, exposing the abnormal meninges, nerve roots and abnormal/incompletely formed spinal cord.

31
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Define Hydrochephalus

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The presence of excessive amounts of CSF within the cranial cavity

32
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Discuss hydrochephalus

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Usually caused by obstruction of CSF flow with dilation of the ventricular system proximal to the obstruction
OR the overproduction of CSF
OR the defective reabsorption of CSF

33
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Clinical signs of hydrochephalus

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Macrocephaly
Widely separated sutures
Huge frontanelles
Relatively small face
Usually progressive, resulting in intellectual impairment, spastic paraplegia and cerebellar ataxia
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Causes of Hydrochephalus

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Arnold Chiari malformation (obstruction of CSF at foramen magnum, usually occurs with spina bifida)
Inflammation or haemorrhage, obstruction of aqueduct Sylvius
Genes

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How can hydrochephalus be treated?

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Ventricular shunt, one way valve to drain the CSF into the peritoneal cavity.

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What is Exencephaly?

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Brain tissue covered by membranes, only without cranial vault.

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What is Anencephaly?

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Cranial vault is missing, base of the skull is poorly formed; the coverings of the brain fail to develop, developing brain is exposed to amniotic fluid; cerebrum and cerebellum usually absent; base of the skull is usually disorganized brain tissue and blood vessels; cranial end of the neural tube fails to close; Acrania

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What isEncephalocoele?

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Defect of the skull, frequently occipital
Usually midline
May be syndromic

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