Fetal Head/face/neck Flashcards
Anencephaly
No Brain,skull
Frog like face appearance
MOST COMMON NTD
Acrania (aka. Exencephaly)
No skull bones with presents of brain
Cephalocele
Protrusion of the meninges and/or brain through a defect in the cranium.
Most most often seen in the occipital region (80%)
Meningocele
Protrusion of the meninges (cystic looking)
Cephalocele
Encephalocele
Protrusion of brain tissue - complex structure
Cephalocele
Meningoencephalocele
Meninges and brain tissue - complex
Cephalocele
Meningoencephalocele
Protrusion of Meninges, brain tissue and ventricle - Complex
Cephalocele
Iniencephaly
Defect in the occiput, usually involves the foramen magnum.
-Retroflexion of the fetal head STAR GAZER
Spina Bifida>
- Meningocele
- Meningomyelocele
- Open V.s. Close
Failure of the two halves of the vertebral arch to fuse. *73% lumbosacral region)
- Meningocele = Herniation of meninges (cystic on US)
- Meningomyelocele = meninges and spinal cord (complex cystic mass on US)
- Open = open wound
- Closed = Closed wound
Spina bifida on US
In transverse = splaying of the posterior ossification centers with V or a U configuration
In sag= “train track” will come to a stop
Cranial findings associated with spina bifida
~Lemon sign – anterior calvarium collapse (frontal)
~Banana sign – obliteration of the cisterna magna by cerebellum
~Ventriculomegaly- block of spinal fluid flow
Arnold-Chiari Malformation
Defects in the cerebellum and brainstem. A part of the cerebellum is located below the foramen magnum (normally located above the foramen magnum).
Arnold-Chiari Malformations Type 2
Associated with spina bifida, characterized by displacement of the cerebellum, brain stem, fourth ventricle, pons and medulla oblongata through the foramen magnum.
This is usually associated with hydrocephalus and meningomyelocele. (Cerebellum = banana (loss of dumbbell shape) Lemon (head resemble lemon), ventriculomegaly is seen.
Associated with Arnold-Chiari 2
Spina Bifida 80-90%
Trisomy 18
Dandy-walker
- Agenesis of cerebellar vermis( Large midline cystic structure in posterior fossa).