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Prenatal Ultrasound Diagnosis of Cystic Hygroma Occurring in Twin Pregnancies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

W. Malinowski  and
I. Biskup
W. Malinowski*
Affiliation:
Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Kutno Hospital, Kutno, Poland
I. Biskup
Affiliation:
Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Schwaz Hospital, Schwaz, Austria
*
Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Kutno Hospital, Kutno, Poland

Abstract

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Our study reports five cases of prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of nuchal cystic hygroma and early diagnosis for both fetus and mother.

We observed that nuchal cystic hygroma is frequently associated to cytogenetic abnormalities, congenital structural anomalities and non-immune hydrops fetus universalis.

Keywords

Cystic hygromaNonimmune hydrops fetus universalisPrenatal ultrasound diagnosis
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , July 1996 , pp. 387 - 394
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1996

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