Prenatal Sonographic Features of Fetuses in Trisomy 13 Pregnancies (III)

Prenatal sonographic features of fetuses in trisomy 13 pregnancies (III).

Prenatal ultrasound is a powerful tool for the detection of structural abnormalities of fetuses in trisomy 13 pregnancies. This article provides a comprehensive review of the prenatal sonographic features of trisomy 13 fetuses in the second and third trimesters, including cystic hygroma and nuchal edema, congenital heart defects, hydrops fetalis, omphalocele, diaphragmatic hernia, urinary tract...

Onm-13: Prenatal Care in High-Risk Pregnancies

Prenatal care is more than just health care in pregnancy. For the vast majority of women, pregnancy follows a routine course. Some women, however, have medical difficulties related to their health or the health of their baby. These women experience what is called a high-risk pregnancy. A pregnancy may be considered high-risk for a variety of reasons. Some of these include: diabetes, preeclampsi...

Sonographic Findings in Partial Type of Trisomy 18

Prenatal sonographic features of intralobar bronchopulmonary sequestration.

Congenital lung lesions that can be diagnosed on the basis of prenatal sonography include cystic adenomatoid malformations and extrapulmonary bronchopulmonary sequestrations. Intralobar bronchopulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital malformation of the lung. The prenatal sonographic features of this condition are reported here.

Prenatal sonographic features of fetal craniosynostosis.

C is characterized as the early closure of the calvarial sutures.1 The classification of skull malformations in craniosynostosis is based on the sutures involved.1 Craniosynostosis involves approximately one infant in 2000 live births. More than 150 different types of craniosynostosis have been described and most isolated cases of craniosynostosis have multifactorial or sporadic inheritance,2 a...