Prenatal Diagnosis of Tectocerebellar Dysraphia with Occipital Encephalocele

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.

Keywords

• cerebellar vermis
• deformity of tectum
• hypoplasia