Question | Answer |
What is a cystic hygroma? | A malfaormation of the lymphatic system that leads to single or multiloculated lymph-filled cavities around the neck. |
What type of abnormality often occurs in fetuses that have cystic hygromas? | Turners Syndrome |
What is Acrania? | A lethal anomaly that manifests as abnsence of the cranial bones. |
What percent mortality rate does a fetus have with cystic hygroma and hydrops? | 100% |
T or F: Cleft lip/palate may be unilateral or bilateral? | True |
What is arhinia? | A nasal anomaly - absence of the nose. |
What is hypertelorism? | Abnormally wide spaced orbits. |
What is hypotelorism? | A characteristic characterized by decreased distance between the orbits. |
What is macroglossia? | An enlarged tounge. |
What is craniosynostasis? | Premature closure of any or all six of the cranial sutures, which causes the fetal cranium to become abnormally shaped. AKA clover- leaf skull |
What is midface hypoplasia? | Maxillary hypoplasia with depressed or absent nalal bridge, is an underdevelopment of the middle structures of the face. |
What us cyclopia associated with? | Hypotelorism |
Can a cleft lip occur without a cleft palate? | Yes |
What is a proboscis? | A tubular appendage superior to an absent nose. |
What is cebocephaly? | A nose with one nostril. |
What is frontal bossing? | Protruding frontal bones, and may have a depressed nasal bridge. |
What is microgathia? | A recessed mandible or chin. |
What is prognosis for beckwith weidman syndrome? | A 21% mortality rate due to congestive heart failure. |
What is hydrops? | An excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissues or cavities of the body. |
What is cryptorchidism? | One or both testicles are within the lower abdomen rather than the scrotum. |