Abstract
Article: Fetal Occipital Encephalocele: A Case Report
Authors: Amanda Hogan, DBA, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R) and Natalie Ullmer, BSDMS, RDMS, RVT
Category: OB/GYN [OB]
Credit: 0.75 SDMS CME Credit
Objectives: After studying the article entitled “Fetal Occipital Encephalocele: A Case
Report,” you will be able to:
Summarize the probable causes of congenital or secondary encephaloceles
Categorize the term that broadly describes cephaloceles
Explain the anatomic and sonographic features demonstrated by the incomplete closure of intracranial contents
What is the correct term that broadly defines a defect in the cranial vault causing a protrusion of intracranial contents?
Omphalocele Encephalocele Cephalocele Anencephaly
In the United States, encephaloceles are the ______ most prevalent neural tube defect affecting approximately 1:10,500 births?
First Second Third Fourth
This case study became more complex when the patient tested positive for?
Drugs Syphilis Trauma Aneuploidy
In Figure 3, a transverse sonographic image of the fetus with estimated fetal weight (EFW) 19+ weeks revealed fetal head measurements for Biparietal Diameter (BPD) and Head Circumference (HC) were consistent with?
Macrocephaly Hydrocephalus Anencephaly Microcephaly
Sonography primarily in the second trimester using 2D and or 3D generally detects what percentage of encephaloceles?
80% 90% 70% 100%