EC Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Hydranencephaly is an encephaloclastic anomaly characterised by the absence of the cerebral hemispheres, which are replaced by a large, fluid-filled cavity. The differential diagnoses of hydranencephaly are severe hydrocephalus and holoprosencephaly. It is usually identified prenatally via ultrasound, but can also be diagnosed postnatally. The prognosis is very poor. We present a clinical case of this rare disease in a 3 days old male infant. We diagnosed it through the evaluation of clinical features and brain CT. A brief review of the related literatures will be reviewed through this article.

 Keywords: Hydranencephaly; Macrocephaly; Congenital Brain Malformation; Imaging; CT

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