title: Significance of fetography in prenatal diagnosis of limb-body wall complex (LBWC).
abstract: The diagnosis of limb body wall complex (LBWC) by ultrasonography does not usually present a problem. The major difficulty we found was severe oligohydramnios or a very complex relationship between the herniated viscera and the deformities. We performed fetography in a pregnant woman with fetal anterior abdominal wall defect at the 28th gestational week to show a peculiar structure of intrauterine membranes of LBWC, and we could obtain a successful prenatal diagnosis of LBWC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukumasu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takebayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogita
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology*; D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000196:embryology; D010920:Placenta / Q000002:abnormalities; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal