Prenatal sonographic appearance of Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome: two- and three-dimensional ultrasonographic findings

Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome is characterized by craniofacial anom alies, particularly craniosynostosis, ear defects, cutis gyrata, acanthosis nigricans, anogenit anomalies, skin tags, and prominent umbilical stump. T he prenatal two- and three-dimensional ultrasonographic findings of this ra re condition is reported. The detection was made at 32 weeks of gestation i n a woman with polyhydramnios and fetal head anomaly. The ultrasound appear ance and postnatal follow-up are presented. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.