Invasive Procedures in the First Trimester
Fig. 20.1 Approaches to CVS: transcervical (red horizontal arrow) and transabdominal (green vertical arrow) In our own experience, we perform the TC approach in about 70 % of singletons. Less…
Fig. 20.1 Approaches to CVS: transcervical (red horizontal arrow) and transabdominal (green vertical arrow) In our own experience, we perform the TC approach in about 70 % of singletons. Less…
Age of mother at term (years) Risk for trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) (%) Total risk for any chromosome abnormalityb (%) 20c 1/1667 0.06 1/526 0.2 21 1/1429 0.07 1/526 0.2…
Drug Teratogenic effects Alcohol Fetal alcohol syndrome, growth retardation, neurological abnormality, developmental delay, intellectual impairment, microcephaly, microphthalmia, short palpebral fissures, poorly developed philtrum, thin upper lip and/or flattening of maxillary…
Fig. 5.1 Ultrasound images of a 57-year-old woman. B-mode sonography indicates an ovoid to round hypoechoic lesion with a maximum diameter of 0.6 cm. The diagnosis was a focal fatty…
Fig. 6.1 Grayscale longitudinal image (right) of normal relaxed rectus femoris muscle. At sonoelastography (left), the muscle appears as a mosaic of intermediate stiffness green color with scattered softer (red)…
Fig. 2.1 ARFI liver. Normal value in healthy liver Fig. 2.2 ARFI liver. High value in cirrhotic liver Fig. 2.3 Haemangioma. Higher value in the focal hyperechoic liver lesion (a)…
Fig. 8.1 68-year-old male patient with recent ischaemic neurological symptoms, B-scan shows a hard plaque of the common carotid artery (CCA) Fig. 8.2 Duplex ultrasonography depicted no high-degree stenosis of…