title: Three-dimensional ultrasound in prenatal diagnosis of skeletal dysplasia.
abstract: A lethal form of bone dysplasia, platylospondylic lethal chondrodysplasia, was diagnosed prenatally using three-dimensional ultrasound. The various types of three-dimensional imaging mode provided diagnostic details not available by conventional two-dimensional ultrasound. The diagnosis was made after referral in the 23rd week of gestation, allowing termination of pregnancy due to the poor prognosis. Prenatal sonograms were compared with postnatal radiographs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital Salzburg, Austria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spitzer
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Weiss-Wichert
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Staudach
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005121:Extremities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*