title: [Contact embryoscopy (author's transl)].
abstract: Prenatal diagnosis based on anatomic definition of the fetus in utero is an difficult task, in the first trimester of pregnancy. The authors have recently introduced a new method : contact embryoscopy which consist in applying the optic piece of a contact hysteroscope (diameter of six millemeters) to the intact and translucent ovular membranes by the cervix. They have performed fifty embryoscopy prior to termination of pregnancy at 8 to 12 weeks. In 41 cases, they have seen the hands of fetus with the fingers. If this technic fails, it is possible, later, to use Echography and fetoscopy. The side-effects are discussed. Contact embryoscopy would be particularly useful in the detection of malformations of the extremities, for instance : chondro-ectodermal dysplasia (Ellis Van Creveld Syndrome) or ectrodactily.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005332:Fetoscopy; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis
vernacular_title: L'embryoscopie de contact.