Fetal musculoskeletal malformations with a poor outcome: ultrasonographic, pathologic, and radiographic findings.
The early and accurate antenatal diagnosis of fetal musculoskeletal malfomations with a poor outcome has important implications for the management of a pregnancy. Careful ultrasonographic examination of a fetus helps detect such anomalies, and a number of characteristic features may suggest possible differential diagnoses. During the last five years, we have encountered 39 cases of such anomalies, and the typical prenatal ultrasonographic and pathologic findings of a number of those are described in this article.
Lee
Soo Hyun
SH
Department of Radiology, Samsung Cheil Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Cho
Jeong Yeon
JY
Song
Mi Jin
MJ
Min
Jee Yeon
JY
Han
Byoung Hee
BH
Lee
Young Ho
YH
Cho
Byung Jae
BJ
Kim
Seung Hyup
SH
D002806:Chondrodysplasia Punctata / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009139:Musculoskeletal Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D013796:Thanatophoric Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal