Hydranencephaly is a rare condition that happens during fetal development. The baby is often born with an enlarged head and some parts of the brain may be missing.‌ The disease affects about 1 in ...

The woman was born with a rare condition known as hydranencephaly Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like Bustle, ...

A Nebraska woman born without a brain just celebrated her 20th birthday — and is defying the odds. Alex Simpson of Omaha was born with a rare condition known as hydranencephaly, according to her ...

Doctors told her parents she wasn't expected to survive past age 4, but a Nebraska woman born without cerebral hemispheres celebrated her 20th birthday last week. Alex Simpson was diagnosed with ...

Filipino toddler Clyne Solano is in need of reconstructive surgery following a brain operation that left his head with unusual ridges. Although some some have compared the bones to "devil horns," the ...

When doctors told the Simpson family their baby would likely not live long, they were talking in months, not decades. But Alex Simpson, diagnosed as an infant with an extremely rare condition called ...

Hydranencephaly is a rare condition in which the brain's cerebral hemispheres are absent and replaced by sacs filled with cerebrospinal fluid. An infant with hydranencephaly may appear normal at birth ...

To report the association of severe chorioretinal dysplasia, hydranencephaly, microcephaly, and intracranial calcification in children with no evidence of intrauterine infections. A 7-week-old female ...

Alex Simpson, born with the rare neurological condition hydranencephaly, has celebrated her 20th birthday despite doctors predicting she wouldn’t live past four . With most of her brain absent, she ...

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - An ArkLaTex child born without a brain and defied all odds passed away peacefully in his sleep Monday. . It's a rare condition in which the brain's cerebral hemispheres are ...

Hydranencephaly is a rare disability present at birth that causes a central nervous system disorder. When it occurs, the front hemispheres or cerebrum of a baby’s brain are missing. In their place, ...

Hydranencephaly is a rare condition in which the cerebral hemispheres of the brain are absent and replaced by sacs filled with cerebrospinal fluid. An infant born with hydranencephaly may appear ...