Brain and Eye Abnormalities Following Prenatal LSD Ingestion

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Identifier walsh_1971_s4_c1
Title Brain and Eye Abnormalities Following Prenatal LSD Ingestion
Creator Myron Yanoff, MD; Lucy B. Rorke, MD
Affiliation (MY) (LBR) Philadelphia, PA
Subject Lysergic Acid Diethylamide; Congenital Abnormalities; Retinoschisis; Neovascularization, Pathologic; Hydrocephalus; Ciliary Body; Gliosis
History A 13-month old infant with multiple eye and central nervous system deformities. Maternal history significant as the infant was born to a 19-year old mother who had used lysergic acid diethylamide and marijuana throughout her pregnancy.
Pathology Congenital abnormalities
Disease/Diagnosis Cerebellar and cerebral dygenesis with sequelae
Clinical The baby made no developmental progress.
Presenting Symptom Eye deformities; CNS deformations
Neuroimaging N/A
Treatment N/A
Date 1971
References 1. Aase, J.M., Laestadius, N. and Smith, D.W., Children of Mothers Who Took LSD in Pregnancy. Lancet 1: 100, 1970. 2. Eller, J.L. and Morton, J.M., Bizarre Deformities in Offspring of User of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide. New Eng. J, Med. 238: 395-397, 1970. 3. Hanaway, J.K.: LSD: Effects on Developing Mouse Lens. Science 164: 574-575, 1969. 4. Roux, C., Duperis, R. and Aubry, M. : LSD: No Teratogenic Action in Rats, Mice and Hamsters. Science 169: 588, 1970. 5. Yanoff, M., Rahn, E.K. and Zimmerman, L.E.: Histopathology of Juvenile Retinoschisis. Arch. Ophthal. 79: 49-53, 1968.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1971 Walsh Proceedings
Relation is Part of 1972 Walsh Session, February 26-27
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
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