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Increased fetal nuchal translucency: possible association with esophageal atresia
Author(s) -
Brown R. N.,
Nicolaides K. H.
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2000.00132.x
Subject(s) - medicine , atresia , in utero , fistula , tracheoesophageal fistula , obstetrics , fetus , nuchal translucency , third trimester , first trimester , pregnancy , radiology , surgery , biology , genetics
We describe a case in which in‐utero diagnosis of an esophageal atresia with a tracheo‐esophageal fistula in the third trimester followed the finding of an increased nuchal translucency in the first trimester and suggest a mechanism by which these two findings might be associated. Copyright © 2000 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology