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Hakan Timur1, Cem Y Sanhal1, Aytekin Tokmak2
1Perinatology Assistant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Perinatology, Health Research and Education Hospital , Ankara, Turkey .
Abstract:
Tectocerebellar dysraphia (TCD) is an extremely rare disorder and comprises the congenital abnormalities including occipital encephalocele, aplasia and/or hypoplasia of cerebellar vermis and deformity of tectum. Only few reported cases of this entity are there in the literature. However, the diagnosis in each of the previous cases had been made after birth. We herein describe the first reported case of prenatal diagnosis for TCD in a Turkish woman.
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