We have interviewed 83 couples at risk for a haemoglobin disorder, mostly -thalassaemia, in an effort to evaluate their attitude towards first-trimester prenatal diagnosis. Most of the families had received poor education and were of low socio-economic status and more than half of the couples were n
Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of Cantrell's pentalogy with cystic hygroma in the first trimester
β Scribed by Hsieh, Yao-Yuan; Lee, Chien-Chung; Chang, Chi-Chen; Tsai, Horng-Der; Hsu, Tai-Yen; Tsai, Chang-Hai
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 245 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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β¦ Synopsis
We report 2 cases of Cantrell's pentalogy with cystic hygroma diagnosed in the first trimester of pregnancy. Both fetuses had ectopia cordis, omphalocele, a sternal defect, and cystic hygroma detected by sonography. Cystic hygroma may be another characteristic of Cantrell's pentalogy in the first trimester.
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