Fetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome with Neocerebellar Hypoplasia

Abstract

An infant with dysmorphic features and hypoplasia of the cerebral hemispheres and cerebellum is reported from the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England as an extreme example of anticonvulsant teratogenicity.

Keywords

• dysmorphic features
• phenytoin and sodium valproate
• postmortem neuropatho logical