Otocefalia: Presentación de dos casos

Abstract

SUMMARY Objective: To present two cases of otocephaly. Case 1: Patient of 32 years of age, gravida II, I delivery, with a 25 weeks pregnancy, in prenatal care at the service of high obstetrical risk of the “Instituto Autonomo Hospital Universitario de Los Andes”, for history of previous pregnancy with a malformed product. The ultrasound study reported fetal microcephaly. She had a premature delivery at 29 weeks, obtaining an alive male new born, with microcephaly and facial malformations like otocephaly and aprosopia, that dies after few minutes of been born. Case 2. Patient of 39 years, gravida VI, V deliveries, I abortion, with pregnancy of 27 weeks for last menstrual period. She had a hemilaringectomy during the third week of pregnancy, under endovenous anesthesia. The ultrasound study at 27 weeks revealed polihydramnios, meroanencephaly and arachnoid cysts. After premature labor at 28 weeks, a female alive new born, with microcephaly and face malformations given by otocefalia and aprosopia was obtained, and dies two minutes after been born. Morphological study was performed to both products in Embriology Unit of The University of Los Andes.