title: Common arterial trunk with thanatophoric dysplasia: a unique case.
abstract: We report a case of common arterial trunk with thanatophoric dysplasia. The skeletal dysplasia was diagnosed during fetal life. Following early induction of labour, there was a post-mortem diagnosis of type 2 common arterial trunk. This report includes the radiological and post-mortem findings. To our knowledge, thanatophoric dysplasia has never previously been reported in combination with any major cardiac defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiology, The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. angmcb@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McBrien
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sands
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paterson
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tharmaratnam
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thornton
mesh_terms: D003933:Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D013796:Thanatophoric Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology