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Klippel‐Trenaunay‐Weber syndrome: appearance in utero.
Author(s) -
Warhit J M,
Goldman M A,
Sachs L,
Weiss L M,
Pek H
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1983.2.11.515
Subject(s) - medicine , hemihypertrophy , klippel trenaunay weber syndrome , varicose veins , arteriovenous fistula , klippel trenaunay syndrome , angiomatosis , radiology , anatomy , angioma , surgery , muscle hypertrophy , vascular disease , pathology , soft tissue , cardiology
We were able to detect hemihypertrophy of a fetus in a routine prenatal ultrasound examination. The presence of hemangiomas and varicose veins in the hypertrophied left lower extremity at birth enabled us to diagnose the Klippel‐Trenaunay‐Weber syndrome. The possibility of a congenital arteriovenous fistula causing the constellation of findings was ruled out by a nuclear flow study and a thorough physical examination. A computerized tomographic scan revealed that the hemangiomas were superficial in the hypertrophied left lower extremity and did not interrupt the deep muscle bundles.