Polihidramnios
: es una condición que se detecta antes del nacimiento y en la cual el útero contiene grandes cantidades de líquido amniótico. El polihidramnios es usualmente un trastorno que sugiere algún tipo de problema en el curso del embarazo.
En el bebé:
Ausencia de cráneo
Ausencia de cerebro (los hemisferios cerebrales y el cerebelo)
Anomalías en los rasgos faciales
Defectos cardíacos
Signos y exámenes:
Los siguientes exámenes pueden ayudar a identificar la anencefalia:
Examen de ácido fólico en suero antes del embarazo
Amniocentesis
(un examen que se practica a la madre para determinar si se están presentando incrementos en los niveles de
alfa fetoproteína
)
Niveles de alfa fetoproteína durante el embarazo (los niveles elevados sugieren un defecto en la formación del tubo neural)
Versión en inglés revisada por: John Goldenring, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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