title: 3D ultrasound in fetal spina bifida.
abstract: 3D ultrasound can be used to study the fetal spine, but skeletal mode can be inconclusive for the diagnosis of fetal spina bifida. We illustrate a diagnostic approach using 2D and 3D ultrasound and indicate possible pitfalls.
authors.affiliation: Prenatal Medicine Munich.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schramm
authors.forename: K-P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Gloning
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minderer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tutschek
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal