Missed Case of Anencephaly—Emotional Distress to Mother and Doctor: A Case Report
Anamika Singh
Keywords :
Acrania, Anencephaly, Antenatal care, Case report, Neural tube defect, Spina bifida
Citation Information :
Singh A. Missed Case of Anencephaly—Emotional Distress to Mother and Doctor: A Case Report. Int J Infertil Fetal Med 2024; 15 (3):157-159.
With routine prenatal diagnosis offered to pregnant women, cases of anencephaly are diagnosed and managed in the early stages of pregnancy. As cases of anencephaly have a lethal outcome, termination of pregnancy is offered. However, due to carelessness, lack of awareness, and nonavailability of resources in developing countries to this date some of these cases are missed and diagnosed later in pregnancy. Here, we present such a case of nonviable anencephalic pregnancy because of a lack of awareness on the patient's behalf which led to unattended pregnancy and late diagnosis of this lethal outcome.
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