VOLUME 4 , ISSUE 4 ( October-December, 2018 ) > List of Articles
Ajit K Reddy, Anil K Shukla
Keywords : Cyclopia, Holoprosencephaly, Lobar, Proboscis, Single ventricle, Ultrasonography
Citation Information : Reddy A K, Shukla AK. Fetal Ultrasonography of Holoprosencephaly. J Med Sci 2018; 4 (4):109-110.
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10045-0099
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
Published Online: 01-12-2018
Copyright Statement: Copyright © 2018; The Author(s).
Holoprosencephaly (HPE) occurs when the embryonic forebrain (prosencephalon) fails to divide into the cerebral hemispheres. Thus, resulting in a single-lobed brain structure with severe skull and facial defects. In most instances, the malformations are rather severe, and babies die before birth. An HPE may be categorized into three variants (1) alobar, (2) semilobar, (3) lobar. Cyclopia a severe facial abnormality that is characterized by a single eye at the root of the nose with an associated supraocular proboscis (tubular nose) replacing the missing one.
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