Dacryocystocele is an uncommon condition presenting at birth as a bluish swelling approximately 1 cm in diameter located below and nasal to the medial canthus. It represents a cystic swelling of the lacrimal sac due to obstruction of the lacrimal drainage system both above and below the sac. The ave
Antenatal sonographic diagnosis of thanatophoric dysplasia
โ Scribed by Max I. Shaff; Arthur C. Fleischer; Robert Battino; Carl Herbert; Frank H. Boehm
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 229 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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