| Early prenatal sonographic diagnosis of congenital hypophosphatasia. | |
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PMID: 10846783 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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A pregnant woman of 14 weeks' gestation was sonographically examined due to large-for-dates uterine size. The ultrasound examination showed poor ossification of all bony structures. All limbs were shortened with no evidence of fractures. The echodensity approximated that of the surrounding organs. No acoustic shadowing was observed. Based on these sonographic findings, skeletal dysplasia and short-limb dwarfism were diagnosed, the most likely condition being congenital hypophosphatasia. Early cordocentesis was successfully performed at 15 weeks' gestation to determine fetal alkaline phosphatase concentration. This was undetectable. The prenatal diagnosis of congenital hypophosphatasia was made. After counselling, the woman decided to opt for termination of pregnancy which was performed vaginally. Post-abortion findings confirmed the prenatal diagnosis. To our knowledge, this is the earliest sonographic diagnosis of this condition reported. |
Authors:
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T Tongsong; S Pongsatha |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology Volume: 15 ISSN: 0960-7692 ISO Abbreviation: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol Publication Date: 2000 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2000-09-26 Completed Date: 2000-09-26 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9108340 Medline TA: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 252-5 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. |
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Adult Female Fetal Death Humans Hypophosphatasia / ultrasonography* Pregnancy Pregnancy Trimester, First Sensitivity and Specificity Ultrasonography, Prenatal* |
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