Acrania

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Acrania Classification and external resources
ICD-10	Q00.0
ICD-9	740.0

Acrania is a cephalic disorder of a human fetus characterised by a partial or complete absence of the cranium. The condition is frequently, though not always, associated with anencephaly. ^[1]

[edit] Diagnosis

Ultrasound can be involved in diagnosis.^[2]

[edit] Prognosis

Whether diagnosed during pregnancy or at birth, the condition is invariably fatal.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Acrania: review of 13 cases - Tae-Hee Kwon, MD*, Jim King, MD, Philippe Jeanty, MD, PhD
2. ^ Liu IF, Chang CH, Yu CH, Cheng YC, Chang FM (2005). "Prenatal diagnosis of fetal acrania using three-dimensional ultrasound". Ultrasound in medicine & biology 31 (2): 175–8. doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.10.005. PMID 15708455. 

v • d • e Congenital malformations and deformations of nervous system (Q00-Q07, 740-742) Brain Anencephaly (Acephaly, Acrania, Iniencephaly) - Encephalocele - Microcephaly - Congenital hydrocephalus (Dandy-Walker syndrome) - other reduction deformities (Holoprosencephaly, Lissencephaly, Pachygyria, Hydranencephaly) - Septo-optic dysplasia - Megalencephaly - Congenital cerebral cysts (Porencephaly, Schizencephaly) - Congenital brain tumors Brain stem Arnold-Chiari malformation Spinal cord Spina bifida - Currarino syndrome - Sacrococcygeal teratoma - Diastematomyelia - Syringomyelia see also non-congenital CNS and PNS (G, 320-359)