The Role of 2D/3D/4D Ultrasound in the Prenatal Assessment of Cleft Lip and Palate
Fig. 4.1 The LAHSAL system, proposed by Kriens in 1989 [7], is a modification of the Y of Kernahan [6] The role of prenatal ultrasound is to diagnose the cleft,…
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the Evaluation of the Fetal Face
Fig. 8.1 Normal fetus at 32 weeks of gestation. (a) Axial SSFP shows upper lip (arrow) and alveolus (arrowheads) without filling defects. (b) Coronal T2WI shows normal palate with hypointense…
Micrognathia
Fig. 7.1 Three-dimensional ultrasound with post-processing rendering using HDLive™ shows a midtrimester fetus with micrognathia and low-set ears (Courtesy of Dr. G. Grisolia) After the sixth gestational week, mandibular development…
Development and Autopsy Assessment of the Fetal Head and Face
(1) Department of Paediatric Pathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, WC1N 3JH, UK J. Ciaran Hutchinson Email: Neil.Sebire@gosh.nhs.uk 10.1 Overview Embryonic development of the head and face is…
Prenatal Diagnosis of Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome Using 3D Ultrasound and Fetal MRI
Fig. 19.1 Three-dimensional ultrasound and three-dimensional MRI demonstrated macroglossia (arrow) Fig. 19.2 Two-dimensional ultrasound, three-dimensional ultrasound, and fetal MRI demonstrated macroglossia (arrow) Fig. 19.3 Two-dimensional ultrasound, three-dimensional ultrasound, and postnatal…
Unilateral Agenesis of the Mandible (Agnathia) in a Fetus with 4p-/10q Duplication Associated with Balanced Paternal Cryptic 4p/10q Translocation: Multidisciplinary Management of a Complex Case
, Gabriele Tonni2 , Elisabetta Pelo3 and Marco di Maurizio4 (1) Prenatal Diagnostic Unit, University Hospital Meyer, Florence, Italy (2) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prenatal Diagnostic Service, Guastalla Civil Hospital, AUSL Reggio Emilia, Reggio…
The Fetal Brain in Fetuses with Orofacial Abnormalities
Fig. 9.1 Stillbirth with frontonasal dysplasia. Note the broad nasal cleft and extreme hypertelorism (a) and the presence of an occipital cephalocele (b) The association between open neural tube defects…
Acromelic Frontonasal Dysplasia (Median Cleft Face Syndrome)
Fig. 15.1 Three-dimensional ultrasound at 16 weeks 5 days of gestation in the axial plane (a) and surface rendering mode (b) demonstrating an exophytic midline lesion originating from the brain…
Median Cleft Lip and Palate, Cutaneous Nasal Polyps, and Corpus Callosum Lipoma: A Case of Pai Syndrome Associated with Ventricular Septal Defects
Fig. 21.1 (a) Three-dimensional surface-rendering ultrasound of the fetal face shows cleft lip, a large polyp protruding through the right nostril, two nasal dorsal polyps, and a left cheek skin…
Postnatal Management of Cleft Lip and Palate
, Natasha Sallum1 and Lydia Masako Ferreira1 (1) Division of Plastic Surgery, Federal University of São Paulo/UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil 11.1 Introduction Cleft lip and palate are the most common causes of…
