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EP06.17: First trimester diagnosis of cystic hygroma by transvaginal ultrasound and cytogenetic evaluation
Author(s) -
Podobnik M.,
Podobnik Brlecic P.,
Gebauer Vuković B.,
Jelcic D.,
Kurdija K.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1002/uog.18421
Subject(s) - cystic hygroma , medicine , fetus , trisomy , pregnancy , obstetrics , gestation , prenatal diagnosis , nuchal translucency measurement , gynecology , biology , genetics
We studied the outcome of fetuses in whom cystic hygroma was diagnosed in the first and early second-trimester of pregnancy using transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasonography (3D/4D ultrasonography). 357 consecutive fetuses between 8,0 and 14,0 weeks of gestation diagnosed as having a nuchal hygroma were evaluated ultrasonographically and karyotyped with transabdominal chorionic vilus sampling. Those with a normal chromosome complement were ultrasonographically monitored throughout the remainder of the pregnancy to document the resolution of the hygroma.