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oligohydramnios sequence
Monday 17 May 2004
Synopsis
oligohydramnios facies (Potter facies)
bilateral pulmonary hypoplasia
arthrogryposis
limb deformations
- bilateral foot club (inward rotation of feet)
limb edema and congestion (compression)
brain defcts (8372035)
- abnormal gyration patterns (gyral fusion
- cerebellar microgyria)
- cerebellar granule and Purkinje cell heterotopias
- brain stem heterotopias
- adysplasia of basal ganglia
- gliosis
- cerebral mineralization
- hydrocephalus
Etiology
oligohydramnios (lack of amniotic fluid)