Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

July 2005, Case 507-2. Quiz set! Click here to see.

An infant that was born after 30 weeks of gestation and with a rapidly enlarging head.

Clinical information The mother was a 22 year-old woman. Rapid enlargement of head circumference of the fetus was noted in prenatal care. A female infant was delivered by Cesarean section after 30 weeks of gestation.  The infant died several hours after delivery. Autopsy was performed and was limited to the brain. The followings are representative images of this case.

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