Mid‐trimester fetal ultrasound: Diagnostic dilemmas
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Prenatal Diagnosis
- Vol. 3 (1) , 47-51
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pd.1970030110
Abstract
Two cases are reported in which an unusual ultrasound finding preceded diagnostic amniocentesis and led to further work‐up. In both cases a decision was made to terminate the pregnancy. One fetus in which a neck mass was detected by ultrasound was shown to be normal on post‐mortem examination. The second fetus was aborted because of Rh sensitization and had the abnormality seen by ultrasound. However, this lesion, calcified intrahepatic plaques, had no presumed pathological significance. These cases suggest caution in the interpretation of results obtained with the new technologies used for prenatal diagnosis.Keywords
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