To cite: Chandrasekaran N, Benardete D, Cariello L, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2017219208 DESCRIPTION A primigravid woman aged 29 years presented for the first time to our antenatal clinic for routine check-up at 34 weeks of pregnancy. She denied any symptoms. Medical, surgical, social and family histories were reviewed and were unremar...

Teratomas are tumors containing tissues derived from all three germinal cell layers. Most teratomas arise in the sacrococcygeal region, with a reported incidence of 1/40,000 births. During labor, severe dystocia may occur in infants with large tumors if delivered vaginally, with an extremely high fetal morbidity and mortality rate. Reported is a case of a large congenital sacrococcygeal teratom...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of a sonographic diagnosis of marginal placental cord insertion on birth weight and duration of pregnancy. METHODS A retrospective chart review was performed for 100 singleton pregnancies with prospectively identified marginal placental cord insertion. RESULTS Birth weights below the 10th percentile occurred in 6.25% of pregnancies without preeclampsia. Sponta...

Holoprosencephaly is a rare intracranial abnormality. The incidence of holoprsencephaly is between 0.56-0.63 of 10,000 live-born infants10. It has classified into three degrees, alobar, semilobar and lobar. In this case report we are introducing a case of Holoprosencephaly, in 13 weeks of pregnancy which was twin. We could identified this abnormality and the reduction was done in the appropriat...

Objective: To develop a classification system for congenital spine anomalies detected by prenatal ultrasound. Methods: Data were collected from fetuses with spine abnormalities diagnosed in our institution over a five-year period between June 2005 and June 2010. The ultrasound images were analysed to determine which features were associated with different congenital spine anomalies. Findings of...