Ultrasonic growth pattern of fetuses with chromosomal aberrations.
A retrospective analysis of the ultrasonic growth patterns of two 13-15 trisomies, two 18-trisomies and eight 21-trisomies is presented. The patterns were examined by serial cephalometry, abdominometry and head-to-abdomen circumference measurements. Early and symmetric growth retardation was revealed by ultrasonography and later confirmed by postnatal pediatric examinations in the 13-15 trisomies and 18-trisomies. In the 21-trisomies, fetal growth was normal.
D002901:Chromosomes, Human, 13-15; D002902:Chromosomes, Human, 16-18; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014314:Trisomy; D014463:Ultrasonography