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Prenatal Diagnosis and Obstetric Management of Thanatophoric Dwarfism
Author(s) -
Ghosh A.,
Woo J.S.K,
Tang L.C.H,
Tang G.W.K,
Wong V.C.W
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1984.tb00691.x
Subject(s) - polyhydramnios , medicine , dwarfism , prenatal diagnosis , hydrocephalus , abdomen , obstetrics , pregnancy , fetus , surgery , biochemistry , genetics , chemistry , biology , gene
Prenatal diagnosis of Thanatophoric Dwarfism by ultrasonography was made at 36 weeks in a pregnancy complicated by polyhydramnios. The diagnosis was based on the evidence of extremely short and deformed limbs, a narrow thorax relative to the abdomen and a degree of hydrocephalus. Progressive hydrocephalus as evidenced by repeated ultrasonography influenced subsequent obstetric management in this patient. Since polyhydramnios is commonly associated with fetal skeletal dysplasia, scanning of limb lengths and limb abnormalities should therefore be an essential part of a obstetric ultrasound examination when this complication is suspected.