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Antenatal depiction of fetal digits with three-dimensional ultrasonography
B Ploeckinger-Ulm1, M R Ulm, A Lee
1Department of Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy, University of Vienna, Austria.
Objective:
The effectiveness of three-dimensional ultrasonography in visualizing fetal digits was examined.
Study Design:
The digits of 72 fetuses, including 2 with skeletal dysplasia, were examined prospectively with both conventional and three-dimensional ultrasonography.
Results:
Complete visualization of all fetal digits was obtained more often with three-dimensional ultrasonography than with two-dimensional ultrasonography.
Conclusion:
Three-dimensional ultrasonography has the potential to facilitate depiction of fetal digits, which may enhance prenatal identification of fetal malformations and chromosomal abnormalities in high-risk pregnancies.