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Early Diagnosis and Differences in Progression of Fetal Encephalocele
Author(s) -
Ong Alston G. J.,
Rolnik Daniel L.,
Menezes Melody,
Meagher Simon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.1002/jum.15217
Subject(s) - medicine , encephalocele , prenatal diagnosis , abnormality , obstetrics , fetus , ultrasound , gestation , cell free fetal dna , medical diagnosis , pregnancy , radiology , pathology , surgery , psychiatry , biology , genetics
In this case series, we present 3 cases of very early prenatal diagnosis of encephalocele that, despite similar appearances at diagnosis, had different disease progressions. Two of the cases were carried to term, whereas 1 resulted in a termination of pregnancy. The diagnoses were made via ultrasound examinations before cell‐free DNA testing for chromosomal abnormality screening at 10 weeks’ gestation, thereby highlighting the importance of performing a routine ultrasound examination before cell‐free DNA testing antenatally.
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