Holoprosencephaly in an 8.5-week triploidy gestation

Placental Insufficiency in Pregnancy after 40 Week of Gestation

Pregnancy after the 40 week of gestation is often a great dilemma for obstetrician in diagnostic, therapeutic and in psychological terms as well. The aim of this study was to confirm the phenomenon of placental insufficiency in pregnancy after the 40 gestation week, the modality of delivery and perinatal outcome. The study comprised 3405 deliveries in a period of one year, 391 of which were ter...

Metopic suture in fetuses with holoprosencephaly at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks of gestation.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the development of the metopic suture in fetuses with holoprosencephaly at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks of gestation. METHODS Three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound was used to measure the height and gap between the frontal bones in 200 normal fetuses and in nine fetuses with holoprosencephaly at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 (median, 12) weeks of gestation. RESULTS In the 200 normal fetus...

Holoprosencephaly

Pre-eclampsia before 20-week gestation: diagnosis, investigation and management

Pre-eclampsia (PET) is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy predominantly occurring after 20-week gestation. Proteinuria, which is of variable magnitude, is required to make the diagnosis. Maternal clinical manifestations are variable and may result in renal impairment, liver dysfunction and haematological abnormalities. The foetus may be growth restricted with oligohydramnious. Risk factors in...

Ultrasonographic diagnosis of diastematomyelia during the 14th week of gestation.

OBJECTIVE We present a case of type I diastematomyelia diagnosed with ultrasonography at the 14th week of gestation. CASE REPORT A 26-year-old primigravida at 14 weeks' gestation was presented to our outpatient department with a complaint of dysuria. Routine antenatal ultrasound revealed disruption of the fetal upper thoracic vertebral column curvature, together with hemivertebrae. Further hi...