Roxana Elena Bohîlțea, Bianca Margareta Mihai, Octavian Munteanu, Ioniță Ducu, Vasile Adrian Dumitru, Consuela-Mădălina Gheorghe, Tiberiu Augustin Georgescu, Valentin Varlas, Radu Vlădăreanu
Neural tube defects (NTDs) occur during embryogenesis, specifically during the fifth or sixth week of gestation, and are described as aberrant neural tube closing. The defect may alter the normal development of the vertebrae, spinal cord, cranium, or brain. The present study describes the case of a 41-year-old pregnant woman with fetal sacral meningocele, no associated pathologies, no family history of neural tube defects, a pregnancy under folate supplementation with the aim of highlighting the importance of ultrasound in diagnosing neural tube defects...
September 2021: Journal of Medicine and Life