Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of a femur-fibula-ulna complex during the first half of pregnancy.
A case of fetal femur-fibula-ulna (FFU) complex diagnosed by ultrasound is presented. Ultrasonographic features of a fetus displaying bilateral femoral hypoplasia, aplasia of the right forearm and the right hand, ray defects of the left hand are described. The importance of an early diagnosis of this malformation is emphasized with respect to parental counselling concerning prognosis and further prenatal management.
Florio
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Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland. ivrea.florio@freesurf.ch
Wisser
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Huch
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Huch
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D000328:Adult; D004413:Dysostoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D005360:Fibula / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011859:Radiography; D014457:Ulna / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal