nuchal scan
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STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITIES DETECTED AT 11 TO 14 WEEKS
NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY SCAN
DR GEETA SHAHDR KETKI PHADKE
SCREENING IN THE LATE 1ST TRIMESTER (11-13 WEEKS)
Advantages:•Earlier diagnosis.•Pregnancy less obvious, more private.•May be less bonding.•Pregnancy termination easier and safer.
We are presenting some of the cases seen at our center during nuchal translucency scan(11 to 13 weeks) over last two years.
CYSTIC HYGROMA WITH ABNORMAL FLOW IN DUCTUS VENOSUS
ACRANIA WITH ABSENT NASAL BONE SEEN AT 13 WEEKS
TRANSVAGINAL EXAMINATION SHOWING ABSENT CRANIAL VAULT AND NASAL BONE
NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS IN A 45 YEAR OLD PRIMIGRAVIDA
DICHORIONIC-DIAMNIOTIC TWIN PREGNANCY AT 11 WKS – ONE OF THE TWINS SHOWING ENCEPHALOCELE
ALOBAR HOLOPROSENCEPHALY AT 13 WEEKS
OMPHALOCOELE AT 14 WKS
KYPHOSCOLIOSIS AT 14 WEEKS
A RARE CASE OF SIRENOMELIA ALSO KNOWN AS MERMAID’S SYNDROME AT 12 WEEKS
POST TERMINATION IMAGES OF FETUS HAVING SIRENOMELIA
MEGACYSTIS : OVERDISTENDED URINARY BLADDER WITH FULLNESS IN BOTH THE KIDNEYS SEEN AT 12 WEEKS
MEGACYSTIS RESOLVED SPONTANEOUSLY AT 15 WEEKS. PERSISTENT FULLNESS WAS SEEN IN BOTH THE KIDNEYS TILL
TERM. POSTNATALLY THE BABY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH POSTERIOR URETHRAL VALVES
TAKE HOME MESSAGE
We recommend that a detailed transvaginal examination including 3D/4D scan should be done along with nuchal scan to detect other abnormalities as well.Some of the other abnormalities which can be detected this period are cleft lip/palate, hypoplastic left heart, AVSD.
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