Abstract

SALDARRIAGA, Wilmar; ISAZA, Carolina; MASTROIACOVO, Pierpaolo  and  CASTILLA, Eduardo E. Cyclopia: a report of 4 cases born during a 170-day period in the Valle Teaching Hospital in Cali, Colombia. Rev Colomb Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2007, vol.58, n.1, pp.70-77. ISSN 0034-7434.

Cyclopia is a rare congenital malformation which is non-compatible with life. It has heterogeneous aetiology and is characterised by the presence of a single eye in a central position, being secondary to alobar holoprosencephaly and having 1-3 prevalence per 100,000 births. 4 cases of cyclopia occurred in 3,594 births at the Valle teaching hospital in Cali, Colombia, from Dec 4^th 2004 to May 23^rd 2005. This represents an incidence of 1.11 cases per 1,000 births, being 50 times greater than that reported in the literature.

Keywords : cyclopia; holoprosencephaly; congenital malformation.

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