SUMMARY Antenatal ultrasonography has an important rule in diagnosis of congenital malformation. At present identification of most major congenital abnormality during pregnancy depends on . sensitivity and resolution of the instrument, skilful and experienced sonologist and gestational age. Cranial and spinal defects and other malformations can be ferquently diagnosed with ultrasound. Major a...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE To report a case of congenital retinal macrovessel associated with cystoid macular edema and an ipsilateral intracranial venous malformation. METHODS Case report. RESULTS A 58-year-old woman with decreased vision was found to have a congenital retinal venous macrovessel associated with cystoid macular edema because of tributary venous occlusion. The patient underwent neur...

Background. Congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are common birth defects detected in neonatal period and usually present with signs GI obstruction which at times can be life threatening. Anorectal among more frequent congenital anomalies. The co-occurrence heart defect (CHD) along malformation significantly affect natural history either defect. Purpose - to study prevale...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a casting technique in the interpretation of fetal cardiac anatomy. DESIGN In 32 fetuses, the echocardiographic and cast features were compared and correlated. PATIENTS Three normal fetal heart specimens from spontaneous abortuses and 32 specimens from spontaneous or induced abortions with congenital heart malformation. RESULTS There was close correlation between the...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES A longitudinal, retrospective, observational descriptive study was done at the National Institute of Pediatrics in Mexico City to determine the incidence, type of heart disease and clinical course in patients with Down syndrome (DS), and to compare the findings with data from other countries. Down syndrome is a disease caused by trisomy of chromosome 21. The frequenc...

congenial cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung (ccaml) is a rare lesion and is characterized by a multicystic mass of pulmonary tissue with an abnormal proliferation of bronchial structures. we report a case of ccaml type i presenting with heart displacement that was diagnosed prenatally.

PURPOSE Kabuki syndrome is a multiple congenital malformation syndrome, with characteristic facial features, mental retardation, and skeletal and congenital heart anomalies. However, the cardiac anomalies are not well described in the Korean population. We analyzed the cardiac anomalies and clinical features of Kabuki syndrome in a single tertiary center. METHODS A retrospective analysis was ...