title: Antenatal depiction of fetal digits with three-dimensional ultrasonography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ploeckinger-Ulm
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ulm
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kratochwil
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bernaschek
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal