Cyclopia
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This article is about the congenital disorder. For other uses, see Cyclopia (disambiguation).
Cyclopia (named after the Greek mythology character cyclopes), also known as alobar holoprosencephaly, is the most extreme form of holoprosencephaly and is a congenital disorder (birth defect) characterized by the failure of the embryonic prosencephalon to properly divide the orbits of the eye into two cavities. Its incidence is 1 in 16,000 in born animals and 1 in 200 in miscarried fetuses.[1][2]
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Cyclopia | |
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Other names | Cyclocephaly, synophthalmia |
Fetuses with cyclopia | |
Specialty | Medical genetics |
Usual onset | During embryonic development |
Duration | Lifelong |
Prognosis | Always fatal within a day |
Frequency | 1 in 100,000 births |
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