Antenatal diagnosis.

Antenatal diagnosis of achondroplasia

We report a interesting case of antenatal diagnosis of achondrpoplasia in a young multigravida who presented with term pregnancy for routine ultrasound assessment which revealed a single, live intrauterine fetus with a discrepancy between femur length (FL) and biparietal diameter (BPD), narrowing of the interpeduncular distance. The diagnosis of achondroplasia was made with a sonological skelet...

Antenatal diagnosis of seckel syndrome.

Evaluation of the fetus in a 29-year-old primigravida showed severe intrauterine growth restriction with complex brain malformation with fetal dysmorphology. The family and past obstetric history is unremarkable, with nonconsanguineous marriage. Her previous scans included one at 12 weeks for nuchal translucency, and another an anomaly scan at 19 weeks, which both were unremarkable. In late sec...

Antenatal diagnosis of heart disease.

Antenatal Diagnosis of Alobar Holoprosencephaly

A twenty-year-old second gravida presented to the department of radiodiagnosis for routine obstetric ultrasound examination. Ultrasonography revealed a live fetus of 17 weeks with absent falx, fused thalami, monoventricle, proboscis, and cyclopia. Fetal MRI was performed and the findings were confirmed. Even though ultrasonography is diagnostic in the detection of fetal anomalies, MRI plays a v...

Intralobar bronchopulmonary sequestration: antenatal diagnosis.

A child with the antenatal diagnosis of pulmonary cystic adenomatoid malformation underwent thoracotomy and an intralobar bronchopulmonary sequestration was found. Histological examination of the resected specimen showed cystic adenomatoid malformation within the sequestered segment.