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Murine Fetal Echocardiography
Published on: February 15, 2013
Hypoechogenicity of fetal long bones: a new ultrasound marker for arthrogryposis
June C Murphy1, Donna Neale, Bryann Bromley
1Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, USA.
Prenatal Diagnosis
|December 13, 2002
Abstract
Objective:
To demonstrate osteopenia associated with arthrogryposis.
Methods & Results:
We describe 3 cases of fetal arthrogryposis seen prenatally with the sonographic feature of severe hypoechogenicity of the long bones. This manifestation of presumed osteopenia is thought to represent osteoporosis secondary with absent fetal movement.
Conclusion:
We describe hypoechogenicity of the fetal bones as a new sonographic feature of arthrogryposis.

