Acalvaria: Case Report and Review of Literature of a Rare Congenital Malformation
Acalvaria, defined as absent skull bones, is an extremely rare congenital anomaly with only a handful of cases reported in literature. Hypocalvaria is its hypoplastic variant where the skull bones are incompletely formed. Due to such a rare incidence, it has been given the status of an orphan diseas...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2018-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/11530/35736_CE[Ra]_F(Sh)_PF1(AGAK)_PFA(AK)_PN(SS).pdf |
| Summary: | Acalvaria, defined as absent skull bones, is an extremely rare congenital anomaly with only a handful of cases reported in literature. Hypocalvaria is its hypoplastic variant where the skull bones are incompletely formed. Due to such a rare incidence, it has been given the status of an orphan disease. In this report we present the case of a female neonate with acalvaria born in our institute. The neonate survived a short and stormy course of 12 days as she also had associated co-morbidities. The condition per se has been described as having high mortality rate. Very few living cases, less than ten have been reported till date. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |