This extensively illustrated book guides readers through the use of ultrasound – including modern 3D images - to detect and identify birth defects in utero.

Up-to-date advice is offered on the differential diagnosis of a wide range of fetal abnormalities.

Throughout the book ultrasound images are matched with actual birth pictures or abortus specimens. Each anomaly is discussed in a standardized, easy-to-follow format that covers characteristic features, pathogenesis and etiology, differential diagnosis, prognosis, and management.

Contents

1. Anatomical Examination of the Fetus
2. Differential Diagnosis: Organization of Anomalies of the Central Nervous System
3. Peripheral Nervous System
4. Differential Diagnosis: Organization of Anomalies of the Face and Neck
5. Cystic Hygromas
6. Differential Diagnosis: Organization of Congenital Cardiac Anomalies
7. Differential Diagnosis: Organization of Congenital Thoracic Anomalies
8. Differential Diagnosis: Organization of Congenital Gastrointestinal Anomalies and Malformations of the Abdominal Wall
9. Differential Diagnosis: Organization of Genital-Urinal Malformations
10. Skeletal Dysplasia and Muscular Anomalies
11. Differential Diagnosis of Common Genetic Syndromes

Index

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