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Aprosencephaly

MedGen UID:
140908
Concept ID:
C0431349
Congenital Abnormality
Synonym: Aprosencephalies
SNOMED CT: Aprosencephaly (277922001)
 
HPO: HP:0007268
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0035450
Orphanet: ORPHA566857

Definition

A very rare congenital brain defect in which the cerebral cortex, striatum, globus pallidus, thalamus, hypothalamus, and eyes are absent or rudimentary. [from NCI]

Conditions with this feature

XK aprosencephaly
MedGen UID:
167087
Concept ID:
C0795952
Disease or Syndrome
A rare syndromic type of cerebral malformation with characteristics of aprosencephaly (absence of telencephalon and diencephalon), oculo-facial anomalies (such as ocular hypotelorism or cyclopia, malformation/absence of nasal structures, cleft lip), preaxial limb defects (such as hypoplastic hands, absent halluces) and various other anomalies including ambiguous genitalia, imperforate anus, and vertebral anomalies.
Aprosencephaly cerebellar dysgenesis
MedGen UID:
330459
Concept ID:
C1832412
Disease or Syndrome
A rare genetic non-syndromic central nervous system malformation with characteristics of absence of the telencephalon and absent or abnormal diencephalic structures, combined with severe abnormalities of the mesencephalon and cerebellum. Further malformations, for example of the hands and feet, have been described in addition.

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Pasquier L, Dubourg C, Gonzales M, Lazaro L, David V, Odent S, Encha-Razavi F
J Med Genet 2005 Jan;42(1):e4. doi: 10.1136/jmg.2004.023416. PMID: 15635066Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Winter TC, Kennedy AM, Woodward PJ
Radiographics 2015 Jan-Feb;35(1):275-90. doi: 10.1148/rg.351140040. PMID: 25590404
Cohen MM Jr
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 2006 Sep;76(9):658-73. doi: 10.1002/bdra.20295. PMID: 17001700
Dambska M, Schmidt-Sidor B, Maslinska D, Laure-Kamionowska M, Kosno-Kruszewska E, Deregowski K
Clin Neuropathol 2003 Nov-Dec;22(6):291-5. PMID: 14672507
Leech RW, Shuman RM
J Child Neurol 1986 Jan;1(1):3-18. doi: 10.1177/088307388600100102. PMID: 3298394

Diagnosis

Winter TC, Kennedy AM, Woodward PJ
Radiographics 2015 Jan-Feb;35(1):275-90. doi: 10.1148/rg.351140040. PMID: 25590404
Renzetti G, Villani A, Bizzarri C, Chessa L, Vignati E, Gianotti A, Cappa M, Szakacs J, Townsend JJ, Miller ME, Opitz JM, Kennedy AM, Byrne JL
Am J Med Genet A 2005 Nov 1;138(4):401-10. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30600. PMID: 16208689
Sergi C, Schmitt HP
Acta Neuropathol 2000 Mar;99(3):277-84. doi: 10.1007/pl00007438. PMID: 10663970
Harris CP, Townsend JJ, Norman MG, White VA, Viskochil DH, Pysher TJ, Klatt EC
J Child Neurol 1994 Oct;9(4):412-6. doi: 10.1177/088307389400900416. PMID: 7822735
Kim TS, Cho S, Dickson DW
Acta Neuropathol 1990;79(4):424-31. doi: 10.1007/BF00308719. PMID: 2339594

Therapy

Kakita A, Hayashi S, Arakawa M, Takahashi H
Acta Neuropathol 2001 Jul;102(1):110-6. doi: 10.1007/s004010000352. PMID: 11547946

Prognosis

Winter TC, Kennedy AM, Woodward PJ
Radiographics 2015 Jan-Feb;35(1):275-90. doi: 10.1148/rg.351140040. PMID: 25590404
Siebert JR
Am J Med Genet A 2007 Dec 15;143A(24):3100-6. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32027. PMID: 18000898

Clinical prediction guides

Laure-Kamionowska M, Szymanska K, Klepacka T
Folia Neuropathol 2015;53(4):387-94. doi: 10.5114/fn.2015.56553. PMID: 26785373
Winter TC, Kennedy AM, Woodward PJ
Radiographics 2015 Jan-Feb;35(1):275-90. doi: 10.1148/rg.351140040. PMID: 25590404
Marcorelles P, Laquerriere A
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2010 Feb 15;154C(1):109-19. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30249. PMID: 20104606
Siebert JR
Am J Med Genet A 2007 Dec 15;143A(24):3100-6. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32027. PMID: 18000898
Sergi C, Schmitt HP
Acta Neuropathol 2000 Mar;99(3):277-84. doi: 10.1007/pl00007438. PMID: 10663970

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