Diagnosis and counseling of thanatophoric dysplasia with four-dimensional ultrasound.
Thanatophoric dysplasia is a severe skeletal disorder with estimated frequency of 0.2-0.5 per 10,000 births. Affected infants die shortly after birth. The diagnosis of thanatophoric dysplasia can be made by two-dimensional ultrasound but the perception of these images is very difficult for the patients. The use of four-dimensional real time ultrasound gives the physician the possibility to discuss and counsel the patients with images that are more understandable to the general public.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Hospital Sveti Duh, Zagreb, Croatia. oliver.vasilj@gmail.com
Oliver
O
Vasilj
Berivoj
B
Mišković
D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D013796:Thanatophoric Dysplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*