[The morphological diagnosis of alcoholic embryo- and fetopathy]

Principles of morphologic diagnosis of alcoholic embryo- and fetopathy are discussed using data on two cases of this pathology. In the authors' opinion, three conditions are necessary to make diagnosis of alcoholic embryo- and fetopathy (i.e. maternal alcoholism history, morphologic signs of embryo- and fetopathy, ethanol concentration in fetal blood and urine). Alcohol embryo- and fetopathy must be differentiated from acute ethanol intoxication, during which microscopic visceral signs of embryo- and fetopathy are absent and ethanol blood concentration exceeds 2.0%.