Congenital curly toe of the fetus

Curly and overlapping toes in congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia.

Congenital hyperthyroidism: the fetus as a patient.

Congenital hyperthyroidism is less frequent than congenital hypothyroidism but its impact on growth and development can be as dramatic. The immune form of hyperthyroidism that is transmitted from a mother with Graves' disease to her foetus and then neonate is transient, but cases of persistent congenital hyperthyroidism had also been described, that can now be explained by molecular abnormaliti...

Congenital Malalignment of the Fourth Toenail with Congenital Curved Nail of the Contralateral Fourth Toe

Received June 8, 2012, Revised July 9, 2012, Accepted for publication July 15, 2012 Corresponding author: Weon Ju Lee, Department of Dermatology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, 130 Dongdeok-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu 700-721, Korea. Tel: 82-53-420-5838, Fax: 82-53-426-0770, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Att...

Incidence of Congenital Heart Disease in the Fetus

consensus has formed among sonographers, radiologists, obstetricians, and maternal-fetal medicine subspecialists: screening for fetal heart disease deserves the dubious distinction of being one of the most challenging and least successful aspects of fetal ultrasonography. Because of the challenges inherent with screening the fetus for congenital heart disease (CHD), the rate of prenatal detecti...

Fetus-in-fetu: A Rare Congenital Anomaly

Two cases of fetus-in-fetu, on which we performed surgery in 2003 and 2006, are being reported. Both the cases presented with a lump in the abdomen. Radiology confirmed the diagnosis. The lumps were found in the retroperitoneum and successfully excised. Because of the rarity of the condition, these two cases are being reported with relevant salient features and are discussed in the light of ava...