fetal hydrocephaly
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congenital hydrocephalus, fetal hydrocephalus
Synopsis
1/500 births
Etiology
SCL circulation obstruction
SCL reabsorption decrease
SCL production increase
Associations
osteochondrodysplasias (skeletal dysplasias)
- osteogenesis imperfecta
- achondroplasia
chromosomal diseases
- trisomy 21
- inversion 9
- monosomy 4q
Pierre-Robin sequence
oligohydramnios sequence
VATER association (VACTERL association)
Klippel-Feil syndrome
Apert syndrome
fetal akinesia sequence (FAS)
Types
X-linked hydrocephaly
Mouse models:
hy3 mice (frameshift mutation in Hydin) (12719380, 12461648)
See also
- cerebrospinal malformations