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== Clinical Summary == | |||
This male fetus of a 21-year-old Rh-positive mother (Gravida 2 Para 1011) was the product of an induced delivery at 21 weeks gestation. At 19 weeks gestation, routine prenatal examination had revealed a maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level that was 4.2 times the mean for a mother at this point in gestation. A targeted ultrasound was ordered--which revealed a lumbosacral neural tube defect--and an amniocentesis was performed. Amniotic fluid showed an AFP level that was 5.3 times the calculated median value and cytogenetic analysis demonstrated a normal male (46XY) chromosome pattern. The parents requested termination of the pregnancy and a 465-gram male nondysmorphic stillborn fetus was delivered vaginally. | |||
== Autopsy Findings == | |||
There was a myelomeningocele in the lumbar region that measured 1.6 cm in width and 3.7 cm in length. | |||
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