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Head of a Guernsey fetal giant at 12 months of pregnancy. The bump on the drosal surface between the eyes and the nostrils was shown to be a cerebral hernia. While the pituitary gland appeared to be normal, the brain was defective. The evidence suggests that the fetus failed to initiate parturition at 9 months of pregnancy (term) because of a defective hypothalamic/pituitary axis

Fetal giant

Credit: Roberts SJ (1973)

Digital Credit: Maarten Drost

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Description: Head of a Guernsey fetal giant at 12 months of pregnancy. The bump on the drosal surface between the eyes and the nostrils was shown to be a cerebral hernia. While the pituitary gland appeared to be normal, the brain was defective. The evidence suggests that the fetus failed to initiate parturition at 9 months of pregnancy (term) because of a defective hypothalamic/pituitary axis

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