The lethal multiple pterygium syndrome: prenatal ultrasonographic and postmortem findings; a case report.
In this report we present the prenatal ultrasonic and postmortem data of a male fetus of 25 weeks' gestational age with a lethal multiple pterygium syndrome. The importance of precise etiologic diagnosis in a midtrimester fetus with generalized edema and nuchal hygroma is emphasized.
Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospital of Maastricht, State University of Limburg, The Netherlands.
C E
CE
de Die-Smulders
H J
HJ
Vonsée
J A
JA
Zandvoort
J P
JP
Fryns
D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D011625:Pterygium / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome; D014463:Ultrasonography