Anencephaly is a form of neural tube defect, which develops when the cranial neuropore is unable to close. It is one of the fatal neural tube defects. Although most causes of anencephaly are unknown, multiple risk factors are associated with this defect. The purpose of this article is to study the main risk factors and possible means of prevention of this common malformation through a clinical case and a literature review.
In pregnancy, even if the risk of fetal complications is extremely low in case of parvovirus infection, a preventive or therapeutic attitude must be implemented as quickly as possible in the event of contagion because the risk of foetoplacental hydrops exists as well as the risk of death fetal in utero and malformative. We report the case of parvovirus seroconversion during pregnancy discovered in the etiological assessment of hydrocephalus associated with hydramnios.
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