Fetal face and neck Flashcards
The upper liip and the Nares are best seen in the __________ ________ with respect to the fetus
Coronal plane
True or False
You must have this image, including the upper lip and the two Nares
True
Why is it important to image the upper lip and the Nares?
To exclude the possibility of facial clefting (this part of the normal second trimester US)
In what planes can the feral eyes be imaged?
Coronally or tranversely
In times past, the inner orbital distances were used to evaluate the _______
Pregnancy
The inner orbital distances are really only used when trying to evaluated for other fetal cranial abnormalities like ___________
Holoprosencephaly
The presence of a nasal bone is _________ noted
Usually
Hypoplastic or absent nasal bones maybe associated with______________
Trisomy 21
Soft tissue in the neck are evaluated in the _____________ or ______________
Transverse or sagittal plane
The AP dimensions or thickness of the nuchal fold is evaluated in fetuses less than ___________
24 weeks
The measurement of the fetal neck should be taken from ______________to the ______________
Outer echogenic skull to the outer skin line
Fetal neck measurement should be
less than 6mm
When the neck measurement is greater than six, there is an association with
Trisomy 21
When should the neck measurement no longer be taken?
If the fetus is greater than 24 weeks
Marked thickening of the nuchal fold is also associated with
Turner’s syndrome, called a cystic hygroma
Decreased intraorbital distance
Hypotelorism