Bilateral cleft lip and palate diagnosed sonographically at 11 weeks of pregnancy.
Cleft lip with or without cleft palate is the most common facial malformation in newborns. We report a case of bilateral cleft lip and palate that was detected via transvaginal sonography at 11 weeks and 5 days of gestation. The sonographic findings were confirmed at autopsy.
Gullino
Elena
E
Prenatal Diagnosis and Ultrasound Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Centro di Ecografia e Diagnosi Prenatale Cattedra A, Dipartimento di Discipline Ostetriche Ginecologiche dell'Università di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Serra
Monica
M
Ansaldi
Cristina
C
Massobrio
Marco
M
Pagliano
Marco
M
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal