title: Orofaciodigital syndrome Type IV (Mohr-Majewski): early prenatal diagnosis in siblings.
abstract: We report the sonographic and autopsy findings in two sibling fetuses with autosomal recessive orofaciodigital syndrome (OFDS) Type IV (Mohr-Majewski) diagnosed at 11-13 weeks' gestation. The first-trimester anomaly scan showed a markedly increased nuchal translucency (NT) thickness in both fetuses (4.7 mm and 5.1 mm). Both fetuses had multiple anomalies involving the brain, cranium, heart and skeletal system and their karyotypes were normal. The pregnancies were terminated and the autopsies showed findings consistent with Mohr-Majewski syndrome. These cases show the overlap between OFDS Type II (Mohr) and lethal short-rib-polydactyly syndrome Type II (Majewski) and confirm both the autosomal recessive inheritance of the condition and our ability to diagnose it early in pregnancy using detailed fetal ultrasonography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. bettina.roesing@uni-bonn.de
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rösing
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kempe
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kahl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Knöpfle
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gembruch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geipel
mesh_terms: D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic; D000328:Adult; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D048208:Nuchal Translucency Measurement; D009958:Orofaciodigital Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First