INTRODUCTION Fetal tumors are relatively rare and the early prenatal diagnosis enables the prediction of possible complications and decision for appropriate treatment. This paper deals with the role of ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging in the early prenatal diagnosis of sacrococcygeal teratoma. CASE REPORT A 21-year-old primigravida was found to have a large sacrococcygeal tumor ...

Congenital heart disease is the birth defect with the highest incidence in China. Its timely and accurate prenatal diagnosis is critical for appropriate perinatal and postnatal management and salvage treatment. With improvements in the diagnostic capabilities of ultrasound and clinical manipulation techniques, prenatal diagnosis is conducted increasingly early and with greater accuracy. However...

In utero is a critical period of human development during which parents act on children’s behalf in health investments. These investments may have a profound impact on the life trajectory of a child. We investigate whether parents in Northern China who choose to carry the pregnancy to term allocate resources differently between their sons and daughters over the course of pregnancy after the sex...

About 40 years ago, invasive prenatal diagnosis techniques were introduced in obstetrics. Initially, amniocentesis was performed followed by placentacentesis, fetoscopy, fetal blood sampling (FBS), and chorionic villus sampling (CVS). These procedures, while invading the uterine environment, have made it possible to proceed with the retrieval of biological tissue of fetal origin for analysis an...

About 40 years ago, invasive prenatal diagnosis techniques were introduced in obstetrics. Initially, amniocentesis was performed followed by placentacentesis, fetoscopy, fetal blood sampling (FBS), and chorionic villus sampling (CVS). These procedures, while invading the uterine environment, have made it possible to proceed with the retrieval of biological tissue of fetal origin for analysis an...

background: the discovery of circulating fetal dna in maternal blood led to the discovery of new strategies to perform noninvasive testing for prenatal diagnosis. objective: the purpose of the study was to detect fetal aneuploidy at chromosomes 13, 18, 21, x, and y by analysis of fetal cell-free dna from maternal blood, without endangering pregnancy. materials and methods: this retrospective st...

Anencephaly represents a severe defect of development of the neuraxis, in which the developing forebrain and variable amounts of the brainstem are exposed in utero and fail to develop or are destroyed. Patient SM, 27 years of age, referred to our clinic for obstetrical ultrasound. The patient had no previous ultrasound examination in the current pregnancy. At the presentation time, the pregnanc...

In prenatal or after birth case, parents learn about their child's diagnosis soon after his or her birth or even in a prenatal period during fetal ultrasound examination [2] This information is always difficult for a parent. How they will cope with the problem of their child's illness largely depends on the support they receive and give to each other, their personalities and the way the informa...

Anomaly in the development of body stem is a serious congenital developmental defect and characterized by significant anterior abdominal wall with pronounced changes rachis hypoplasia or aplasia umbilical cord. The paper describes cases anomalies fetuses, diagnosis which was carried out during early prenatal ultrasound at stage postmortem autopsy aborted material.

The prenatal diagnosis of thrombocytopeniaabsent radius (TAR) syndrome by ultrasound is established. The sonographic findings showed bilateral absence of the radii and club hands with normal thumbs and metacarpals. Thrombocytopenia was identified from the postabortal cord blood. Three-dimensional computerized tomography images confirmed the sonographic diagnosis. This report, to our knowledge, ...