Efficacy of Systematic Early-Second-Trimester Ultrasound Screening for Facial Anomalies: A Comparison between Prenatal Ultrasound and Postmortem Findings

Efficacy of Systematic Early-Second-Trimester Ultrasound Screening for Facial Anomalies: A Comparison between Prenatal Ultrasound and Postmortem Findings

Second-trimester 2D ultrasound (US) assessment of the fetal anatomy, as proposed by worldwide guidelines, allows detecting the majority of fetal malformation. However, the detection rates of fetal facial anomalies seem to still be low, mostly in cases of isolated facial malformation. The purpose of...

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Main Authors: Bruno Lamanna, Miriam Dellino, Eliano Cascardi, Mia Rooke-Ley, Marina Vinciguerra, Gerardo Cazzato, Antonio Malvasi, Amerigo Vitagliano, Pierpaolo Nicolì, Michele Di Cosola, Andrea Ballini, Ettore Cicinelli, Antonella Vimercati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
prenatal ultrasound
fetal face anomalies
cleft lip and palate
micrognathia
retrognathia
anophthalmia
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/16/5365

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