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Pediatrics General 373e5596

All of the following are sequelae of fetal alcohol syndrome except:

A
Macrocephaly
B
Holoprosencephaly
C
Microcephaly
D
Thinning of corpus callosum
High-Yield Explanation
Answer--A. MacrocephalyFetal alcohol syntlrome is ussociated with microcephuly rather lhan macntcephaly. Holoprosencephaly can occur in extreme forms of fetal alcohol syndrome along with midline hypoplasia."Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) No single malformation or characteristic malformation complex has been described in few cases of FAS in wihch neuropathology has been repoed. The neuropathologic changes are varied and nonspecitic and include microcephaly, hydrocephalus, leptomeningeal, white matter and periventricalar neuroglial heterotopias, agenesis of corpas callosum and the cerebellar vermis, incomplete holoprosencephaly, and neural tube defects

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