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"Bullet"-shaped head in fetuses with spina bifida: a pointer to the spinal lesion
S E Chambers1, B B Muir, J E Bell
1Radiology and Ultrasound Department, Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound : JCU
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
A "bullet"-shaped head, characterized by flattening in the parietal regions with pointing of the frontal bones, was noted in ultrasound examinations of fetuses with neural tube defects. In a series of 12 fetuses with spinal defects, this finding was present in nine. This abnormal head shape is a useful pointer to the spinal lesion.