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Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama  I agree that it sounds worse than open fontanel, but rather more like a meningomyelocele (sorry- going blank on the term for when it protrudes out the fontanel as opposed to an opening in the spinal cord right now).
I would hope that since it happened in more than one pup, the woman wises up and decides not to breed again. |
Found the word I was looking for (don't you hate it when you have a word on the tip of your tongue and it won't roll off?)
The condition I was trying to remember is encephalocele, or encephalomeningocele (the first refers to a sac filled with spinal fluid,the second refers to a sac with brain tissue coming through a defect in the skull). The condition isn't always fatal, but in surviving children there are nearly always severe neurological defects.