OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the effects of period of gestation and position of fetal neck on nuchal translucency measurement. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nuchal translucency was measured in the mid-sagittal plane, with the fetal neck in the flexed, neutral, and extended positions in 100 pregnant women between 11 and 13(+6) weeks. Mean nuchal translucency measurements at differe...

OBJECTIVES To explore pregnant women's views on the impact of nuchal cord on fetal outcomes, mode of delivery, and management. DESIGN Questionnaire survey. SETTING Antenatal clinic of two regional hospitals in Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS A questionnaire survey of all pregnant women at their first visit to the antenatal clinic of United Christian Hospital and Tseung Kwan O Hospital in Hong Kon...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this was to evaluate the accuracy of two-dimensional (2D) ultrasonography in the diagnosis of nuchal cord to enable us determine if it can be recommended for its antenatal diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 01 January and 30 April 2012, 93 singletons pregnancies in cephalic presentation with 2D ultrasound scan done at term but within 24 h before onset of labor for ...

Abstract Case report A 43-year-old woman presented with acute onset migratory right iliac fossa pain, on a background of intermittently painful groin swelling. CT demonstrated differential diagnosis appendicitis besides an ovarian cyst. Diagnostic laparoscopy was undertaken view to and treat possible appendicitis, cyst inguinal hernia. To our surprise, haemorrhagic nuchal seen intraoperatively,...

This case report illustrates the presence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) in a fighting Bulldog. The dog was referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, with the presenting complaint of slowly progressing staggering gait, inability to stand on hind limbs and muscle stiffness in lumbo-sacral region. Hematological, sero-biochemic...

Extensive intact assemblies of matrix macromolecules have been solubilized from foetal calf skin, nuchal ligament and aorta by a new procedure that includes bacterial collagenase digestion under non-reducing, non-denaturing conditions and gel filtration chromatography. Type VI collagen was identified as the major microfibrillar element of these tissues by SDS-PAGE analysis and Western blotting....

Erythema at the base of the head is often seen in healthy adults, and this nuchal erythema could be a persistent salmon patch. Nuchal salmon patches tend to persist, and are often seen in adults. Our survey found that 71.1% (32/45) of our adult subjects without skin disease had a salmon patch at the nuchal location. This incidence is higher than that indicated in previous reports. In this study...

Nuchal cord occurs when the umbilical cord becomes wrapped around the fetal neck 360 degrees. Nuchal cords occur in about 10-29% of fetuses and the incidence increases with advancing gestation age. Most are not associated with perinatal morbidity and mortality, but a few studies have shown that nuchal cord can affect the outcome of delivery with possible long-term effects on the infants. Nuchal...

Objective Increased nuchal translucency in the human fetus is associated with aneuploidy, structural malformations and several syndromes such as Noonan syndrome. In 60-70% of the Noonan syndrome cases, a gene mutation can be demonstrated. Previous research showed that aneuploid fetuses with increased nuchal translucency demonstrate an aberrant lymphatic endothelial diff erentiation. Methods Fet...

High resolution gradient sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, cell-free translation, and elastin-specific antibodies were used to identify three tropoelastin isoforms secreted by bovine tissue and cells. Tropoelastin isolated from nuchal ligament and from conditioned culture medium or cell-matrix extracts of ligament fibroblasts and auricular chondrocytes resolved as three...