2001-05-04-13 Trisomy 13 © Zouiten www.thefetus.net/
Trisomy 13 with alobar holoprosencephaly
Khalil Zouiten, MD
Martinique
This is a trisomy 13 fetus seen at 28 weeks. Note the alobar holoprosencephaly with a single ventricle, the hypotelorism, the median cleft lip.
The median cleft lip:

The alobar holoprosencephaly with a single ventricle:

Reconstructions of the face with a mid-facial hypoplasia, absence of the nose and midline cleft lip.




The newborn


These are C and MRI reconstructions demonstrate the same findings.




The alobar holoprosencephaly. Note the horseshoe shape of the single ventricle in both axial and coronal views.

