title: [Facial coloboma: report of an exceptional prenatal case and interest of three-dimensional ultrasonography].
abstract: We report a rare case of Tessier no. 4 craniofacial cleft diagnosed by ultrasound imaging at 10 weeks' gestation. Tessier no. 4 craniofacial cleft is a very rare and complex congenital abnormality, characterized by an oblique orbitomaxillary facial cleft. Prenatal diagnosis of orofacial clefting is usually done at midtrimester of pregnancy, based on careful sonographic examination of the fetal face. However conventional 2D ultrasound is limited in screening isolated cleft palate and defects of the secondary palate. Thus, 3D ultrasound shows a greater sensitivity in a referred population and antenatal evaluation of facial clefs.
authors: Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Hôpital Mère-Enfant, CHU de Nantes, Quai Moncousu, 44093 Nantes cedex 1, France. aspeultier@yahoo.fr
authors: A-S
authors: AS
authors: Peultier
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Cazenave
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Boog
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Le Vaillant
mesh_terms: D003103:Coloboma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities; D009915:Orbit / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First / Q000502:physiology; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D055815:Young Adult