Ultrasound findings most consistent with alobar holoprosencephaly
The main differential diagnosis includes:
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hydranencephaly
- thalami usually visible and not fused
- falx cerebri usually present
- no associated midline facial abnormalities
- no cortex present, or sometimes small islands of tissue
- severe hydrocephalus
- thalami not fused
- no associated midline facial abnormalities
- falx cerebri usually present
- bilateral choroid plexus