[Cloverleaf skull deformity with thanatophoric dysplasia in the 24th week of pregnancy]

A case of cloverleaf skull anomaly with thanatophoric dysplasia could be examined pathologico-anatomically in the age of 24 weeks of gestation. There were typical radiological and morphological signs of a mild form of thanatophoric dysplasia. Additionally a cloverleaf skull anomaly with premature fusion of sutures and a disturbed ossification without any signs of haemangiomatosis of the desmocranium was found. A hydrocephalus was not demonstrable.