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The location of the fetal ears: A hint for prenatal diagnosis of agnathia‐otocephaly complex
Author(s) -
Bijok Julia,
KucińskaChahwan Anna,
GielniewskaMichalczyk Lena,
Massalska Diana,
Jakiel Grzegorz,
Roszkowski Tomasz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22703
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , fetus , prenatal diagnosis , anomaly (physics) , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , anatomy , radiology , pregnancy , physics , botany , biology , genetics , genus , condensed matter physics
Abstract Otocephaly is an extremely rare lethal congenital anomaly characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of the mandible. The clinical presentation is variable. Some cases may present with severe micrognathia as the only anomaly seen prenatally. The key to early diagnosis is careful assessment of the location of the fetal ears on 2D ultrasound examination.