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Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of Down syndrome. After major malformations, soft markers, nuchal translucency and skeletal signs, a new vascular sign?
Author(s) -
Chaoui R.
Publication year - 2005
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.1985
Subject(s) - medicine , prenatal diagnosis , sign (mathematics) , ultrasound , nuchal translucency , prenatal ultrasound , obstetrics , radiology , fetus , pregnancy , mathematical analysis , genetics , mathematics , biology
In the last 30 years considerable advances have been made in ultrasound technology and fetal medicine and, in terms of Down syndrome detection, we have witnessed ultrasonography evolve from a simple vehicle to guide the needle in amniocentesis procedures in ‘older’ women, to a powerful imaging tool for screening fetuses for markers of Down syndrome in women of all ages. Down syndrome detection continues to be one of the main challenges of perinatal medicine, and its detection seems as complex as the seemingly infinite number of signs and markers that have been reported in preand postnatal series. In this issue of the journal, Prefumo et al.1 report on another possible marker, i.e. a thoracic vascular malformation.