Fetal Anomalies Flashcards
Optimal time to perform detailed US fetal anatomic survey?
18- 22 weeks AOG
First trimester biochemical screening includes?
- PAPP P
- HCG
1st trimester Biochemical screening:
PAPP P = Low
HCG = High
Down Sydrome (Trosomy 21)
Serum markers used in “QUAD TEST” during the 2nd trimester
- AFP
- Unconjugated Estriol 3
- HCG
- Inhibin A
QUAD TEST:
AFP = Low
uE3 = Low
HCG = High
Inhibin A = High
Down syndrome (trisomy 21)
QUAD TEST:
AFP = High
uE3 = Low
HCG = Low
Inhibin A = unchanged
Edward Syndrome (Trisomy 18)
QUAD TEST:
AFP = High
uE3 = unchanged
HCG = unchanged
Inhibin A = unchanged
Open neural tube defect
AFP is primarily produced by?
Fetal Liver.
- increased levels in maternal serum = Neural tube defect
Most common chromosomal abnormality
Down Syndrome (trisomy 21)
2nd most common Chromosomal anomaly
Edward Sydrome (Trisomy 18)
Cisterna Magna = <2mm
CROWDING of the posterior fossa with inferior displacement of the cerebellar tonsils
Chiari Malformation
Cisterna Magna= > 1.1 cm
Large (Dakula) posterior fossa with associated upward displacement of the torcula (torcula-lambdoid inversion), hypoplastic cerebellar hemisphere and hydrocephalus
Dandy-walker Malformation
Non fusion of vertebral arches with intact skin
Spina Bifida Occulta
Protruding sacs with only CSF as the content
Meningocele
Sac plus spinal nerve roots/spinal cord
Myelomeningocele
Open spinal defect
Myeloschisis
Most common location of Spina Bifida?
Lumbosacral
Most common neural tube defect
Anencephaly