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Choose the correct statement:
a) Myelomeningocele is frequently associated with the Chiari 1 malformation
b) Myelomeningocele may be associated with shortened trachea in more than 30 percent of cases
c) Encephalocele is usually a rapidly fatal abnormality
d) Neural tube defects develop around the 8th week of gestation
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Answer
Answer b. Myelomeningocele may be associated with shortened trachea in more than 30 percent of cases. Myelomeningocele is frequently associated with the Chiari II malformation. Neural tube defects develop around the 3rd-4th week of gestation. As opposed to anencephaly, encephalocele is usually not rapidly fatal.
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- This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.