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Table 3 Diagnostic revision in 41 scanned teratological fetuses

From: Radiological imaging of teratological fetuses: what can we learn?

Anomaly group

Previous diagnosis

Diagnosis after radiology

Ventral body wall defects

- ventral body wall defect with cleft lip and encephalocele

- ventral body wall defect with neural tube defect

- ventral body wall defect (3×)

- amniotic band sequence with concomitant ectopia cordis, unilateral CLP and unilateral temporal encephalocele

- vascular disruption sequence with concomitant occipital encephalocele and gastroschisis

- OEIS complex with concomitant omphalocele

- OEIS complex with concomitant gastroschisis and ambiguous genitalia

- OEIS complex with concomitant gastroschisis and spina bifida

Skeletal dysplasias (osteochondrodysplasias)

- achondroplasia (3×)

- thanatophoric dysplasia type I (case 1)

- osteogenesis imperfecta type II (case 2)

- short-rib polydactyly syndrome; not otherwise specified

Congenital teratomas

- teratoma

- oropharyngeal teratoma/epignathus

Conjoined twins

- conjoined twins (9×)

- cephalothoracoileopagus

- prosopo-ileopagus

- thoracoileopagus tribrachius

- thoracoilieopagus tetrabrachius

- ischiopagus tripus

- ischiopagus tetrapus

- diprosopus tetrophthalmus diotis with concomitant craniorachischisis totalis

- parapagus dicephalus dibrachius dipus (case 3)

- craniopagus

Syndromes with multiple congenital anomalies

- syndrome (2×)

- phocomelia

- Meckel-Gruber Syndrome

- bilateral schisis (most likely trisomy 13)

- tetra-amelia syndrome (case 4)

Sirenomelia

- sirenomelia (7×)

- isolated sirenomelia type I (3×)

- isolated sirenomelia type II

- VACTERL association with concomitant sirenomelia type II

- VACTERL-H association with concomitant sirenomelia type I

- VACTERL-H association with concomitant sirenomelia type II

Holoprosencephaly

- cyclopia (6×)

- alobar HPE (4×)

- alobar HPE with concomitant otocephaly (2×)

Neural tube defects

- iniencephaly (3×)

- occipital encephalocele/exencephaly

- craniorachischis

- craniorachischis totalis

- iniencephaly

- iniencephaly with concomitant semi-lobar HPE and omphalocele

- iniencephaly with concomitant myelomeningocele

- occipital encephalocele/exencephaly

- craniorachischis

- craniorachischis totalis

Unknown specimen

- unknown diagnosis

- unknown diagnosis

  1. CLP cleft lip and palate, OEIS omphalocele-exstrophy-imperforate anus-spinal defects, VACTERL vertebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac defects, tracheo-oesophageal fistula, renal anomalies and limb abnormalities, VACTERL-H vertebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac defects, tracheo-oesophageal fistula, renal anomalies and limb abnormalities with hydrocephaly, HPE holoprosencephaly