Antenatal depiction of fetal digits with three-dimensional ultrasonography.
OBJECTIVE
The effectiveness of three-dimensional ultrasonography in visualizing fetal digits was examined.


METHODS
The digits of 72 fetuses, including 2 with skeletal dysplasia, were examined prospectively with both conventional and three-dimensional ultrasonography.


RESULTS
Complete visualization of all fetal digits was obtained more often with three-dimensional ultrasonography than with two-dimensional ultrasonography.


CONCLUSIONS
Three-dimensional ultrasonography has the potential to facilitate depiction of fetal digits, which may enhance prenatal identification of fetal malformations and chromosomal abnormalities in high-risk pregnancies.
Ploeckinger-Ulm
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Department of Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy, University of Vienna, Austria.
Ulm
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Lee
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Kratochwil
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Bernaschek
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D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal