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Table 2 Relation between cerebral malformations and hydrocephalus

From: Pathogenesis of cerebral malformations in human fetuses with meningomyelocele

Case

GA

ED

V

hc > 2

HC

Chiari II

HemoP/Gliosis

Morphologic alteration aqueduct

1

16

+

-

-

-

-

2

21

+

-

-

-

+

+

f

3

21

-

-

-

-

+

4

22

+

+

-

-

+

+

s

5

34

-

-

-

-

-

6

37

+

+

+

+

+

+

f

7

39

+

-

-

-

IV

+

f

8

40

+

+

+

+

+

+

f; s

  1. Legends: GA = gestational age in weeks, ED = signs of ependymal denudation at the aqueduct or cranial border of the aqueduct, V = ventriculomegaly, hc = head circumference, HC = hydrocephalus, Chiari II = Chiari II malformation, HemoP = hemosiderophagocytosis, + = present, - = absent, IV = Chiari IV malformation (absence of the cerebellum), ¶ = serial sections at the aqueduct incomplete, f = forking, s = slit like.
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