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Microcephaly (from Neo-Latin microcephalia, from Ancient Greek μικρός mikrós "small" and κεφαλή kephalé "head" [2]) is a medical condition involving a smaller-than-normal head. [3] Microcephaly may be present at birth or it may develop in the first few years of life. [ 3 ]
Neuroblastoma is the most common cancer in babies and the third-most common cancer in children after leukemia and brain cancer. [5] About one in every 7,000 children is affected at some time. [ 2 ] About 90% of cases occur in children less than 5 years old, and it is rare in adults.
A lithopedion (also spelled lithopaedion or lithopædion; from Ancient Greek: λίθος "stone" and Ancient Greek: παιδίον "small child, infant"), or stone baby, is a rare phenomenon which occurs most commonly when a fetus dies during an abdominal pregnancy, [1] is too large to be reabsorbed by the body, and calcifies on the outside as ...
Congenital heart disease [14] —especially pulmonary artery stenosis and patent ductus arteriosus (50% of patients) [15] Other manifestations of CRS may include: Spleen, [9] [11] liver, or bone marrow problems (some of which may disappear shortly after birth) Intellectual disability [16] Small head size (microcephaly) [11] Low birth weight [17]
Some types of cancers can cause it such as rhabdomyosarcoma, extrosseal Ewing sarcoma, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, congenital leukaemia and neuroblastoma. [1] During normal development of an unborn baby, blood production can occur in the skin until the fifth month of pregnancy. [3]
Photos of what pregnancy tissue from early abortions at 5 to 9 weeks actually looks like have gone viral.. The images, which were originally shared by MYA Network — a network of physicians who ...
Shaina Hurley, who appeared on Season 2 of the Netflix dating series, was diagnosed with cervical cancer while three months pregnant. 'Love is Blind' Star Reveals Shocking Cancer Diagnosis During ...
Fetal warfarin syndrome is a disorder of the embryo which occurs in a child whose mother took the medication warfarin (brand name: Coumadin) during pregnancy. Resulting abnormalities include low birth weight, slower growth, intellectual disability, deafness, small head size, and malformed bones, cartilage, and joints. [1]