Summary
Two cases of craniolacunia in utero are reported and the literature reviewed.—The diagnosis of craniolacunia is rarely made prenatally. A review of all pelvimetry studies performed during one year in a large hospital showed only one case of craniolacunia in utero. None of 21 cases of infants with large myelomeningocele showed changes of craniolacunia prenatally. The associated congenital anomalies as demonstrated in the two cases tends to further support the theory of developmental defect as the etiology of craniolacunia.
Résumé
Les auteurs rapportent deux cas de crânes Iacunaires diagnostiqués in utéro et font une revue de la littérature. Ce diagnostic est rarement posé au stade prénatal. L'examen de toutes les études pelvimétriques réalisées durant 1 an dans un grand hôpital, montre un seul cas de crâne lacunaire in-utéro. Dans aucun des 21 cas d'enfants présentant une grande myélo-méningocèle, on ne put observer de modifications de crânes lacunaires avant la naissance. Les anomalies congénitales associées rapportées dans ces deux cas parlent en faveur d'un trouble du développement comme étiologie du crâne lacunaire.
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Es wird über 2 Fälle von Lückenschädel berichtet, die pränatal diagnostiziert werden. konnten.
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This work was supported in part by a Special Fellowship Award (2F II NS 2309-02 NSRB) from the National Institutes of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, Public Health Service.
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Liebeskind, A., Jacobson, R. & Schechter, M.M. Craniolacunia diagnosed prenatally. Neuroradiology 3, 109–112 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00339905
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