Prenatal ultrasonic diagnosis of short-rib polydactyly syndrome (srps) type III: A case report and a proposed approach to the diagnosis of srps and related conditions

✍ Scribed by Dr. Israel Meizner; Jacob Bar-Ziv

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1012 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870130410

✦ Synopsis

Early detection of abnormal development of the fetal skeletal system is only one of the structural abnormalities that have been studied with ul-trasound1-4. In order to evaluate a fetus at risk for a skeletal dysplasia, careful scanning of upper and lower extremities, cranium, thorax and abdomen is required. Bearing in mind that other organs are possibly involved is helpful and these organs should be carefully examined.

A case of short rib polydactyly syndrome type I11 (SRPS 111) was diagnosed prenatally by ultrasound. Ultrasound scanning in the 31st week of gestation revealed all the bizarre features of this rare syndrome, enabling differentiation of this syndrome from other types of short rib polydactyly dwarfism. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of an ultrasonic prenatal diagnosis of SRPS 111.