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Dwarfism associated with prenatal ventriculomegaly
Author(s) -
Shih L. Y.,
Filkins K.,
Suslak L.,
Lieber C.,
Roth J. A.,
Desposito F.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.1970030115
Subject(s) - ventriculomegaly , medicine , prenatal diagnosis , pregnancy , obstetrics , dwarfism , prenatal ultrasound , pediatrics , fetus , biology , genetics , gene
Two infants with ventriculomegaly diagnosed by ultrasound during the third trimester of pregnancy were noted to have lethal short‐limbed dwarfing syndromes at birth. In one instance, a clinical suspicion of hydramnios and in the other follow‐up scan for placental localization revealed ventriculomegaly as an unexpected finding. These observations suggest that when ventriculomegaly is detected during prenatal ultrasound evaluation, limb measurements should be included to exclude a dwarfing syndrome as part of the differential diagnosis.