Teratogens associated with human malformations

Question 1

cataracts, glaucoma, heart defects, hearing loss, tooth abnormalities

Answer 1

rubella virus

Question 2

microcephaly, visual impairment, intellectual disability, fetal death

Answer 2

cytomegalovirus

Question 3

microphthalmia, microcephaly, retinal dysplasia

Answer 3

Herpes simplex virus

Question 4

Skin scarring, limb hypoplasia, intellectual disability, muscle atrophy

Answer 4

varicella virus

Question 5

Hydrocephalus, cerebral calcifications, microphthamia

Answer 5

toxoplasmosis

Question 6

Microcephaly, spina bifida, cleft palate, limb defects

Answer 6

x-rays

Question 7

Limb defects, heart malformations

Answer 7

thalidomide

Question 8

Heart malformations

Answer 8

SSRIs

Question 9

Growth retardation, fetal death

Answer 9

ACE inhibitors

Question 10

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), short palpebral fissures, maxillary hypoplasia, heart defects, intellectual disability

Answer 10

alcohol

Question 11

Isotretinoin embryopath: small abnormally shaped ears, mandibular hypoplasia, cleft palate, heard defects

Answer 11

isotretinoin (vitamin A)

Question 12

Neurological symptoms similar to those of cerebral palsy

Answer 12

organic mercury

Question 13

Neurological symptoms similar to those of cerebral palsy

Answer 13

lead

Question 14

Various malformations; heart and neural tube defects most common

Answer 14

Maternal diabetes

Question 15

neural tube defects, heart defects, omphalocele

Answer 15

maternal obesity