title: First-trimester diagnosis of recurrence of cystic hygroma using a vaginal ultrasound transducer.
abstract: The possibilities and limitations of first-trimester diagnosis of fetal structural defects using vaginal transducers are currently not well established. For couples at risk for cystic hygroma early transvaginal ultrasound examination at a gestational age of 10 weeks can be offered to rule out or confirm the presence of cystic hygroma, as described in this case report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reuss
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pijpers
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van Swaaij
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Jahoda
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wladimiroff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D012008:Recurrence; D014159:Transducers; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation; D014621:Vagina