OC01.05: Sonographic assessment of abnormal fetal cerebral lamination

Sonographic evaluation of fetal cerebral structures correlated with histological aspects.

Prenatal development of the human brain from undifferentiated neuroepithelium, crosses numerous steps towards primordial organization and subsequent cytoarchitectural layering, ascending and progressive from the lower cortical layers to the superior ones. Our study represents a systematic, comparative assessment of imaging studies and the histological evaluation of the prenatal development of t...

Sonographic estimation of fetal weight in term pregnant women

Introduction: Deviation from normal fetal weight and growth contribute to morbidity and mortality in the perinatal period. Over 50 formulas for EFW (estimated fetal weight) have been published and yet the ideal formula has not been determined. The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of sonographic estimation of fetal weight using Hadlock formula in comparison to birth weight....

I-60: Sonographic Evaluation of the Fetal SkeletalAnomalies

Abnormal sonographic appearance of posterior brain at 11-14 weeks and fetal outcome.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this retrospective study was to describe the sonographic appearance of the posterior brain anatomy in normal fetuses at 11 to 14 weeks of pregnancy and to determine the fetal outcome when one of the posterior brain anatomical space is not recognized. METHODS Two groups of patients were included in the study: a control group of consecutive 311 healthy fetuses with a normal...

Abnormal Cardiac Findings in Prenatal Sonographic Examination: an Important Indication for Fetal Echocardiography?

Aim: The present study was conducted to evaluate the most common indications for fetal echocardiography in a tertiary-care fetal echocardiography practice. Methods: A retrospective analysis (July 2005 to July 2006) of all pregnant women referred by obstetricians or fetomaternal sonographers to a pediatric cardiology unit for fetal echocardiography over a 1-year period was performed .The study w...