Unilateral lower limb anomaly at 19 weeks' gestation

Year 2005, Volume: 36 Issue: 1, 15 - 18, 01.02.2005

Levent Tütüncü Murat Muhcu Ercüment Müngen Yusuf Ziya Yergök

Abstract

We report the prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis of a rare case of unilateral proximal focal femoral deficiency and fibula agenesis with clubfoot at 19 weeks gestation.

Keywords

Lower Extremity, Prenatal Diagnosis, Femur, Abnormalities

19. gebelik haftasında saptanan tek taraflı alt ekstremite anomalisi

Abstract

19. gebelik haftasında ayrıntılı sonografik inceleme ile prenatal tanısı konulan ve ender görülen, tek taraflı proksimal fokal femur yetmezliği ve fibula yokluğu ile karekterize bir fetal anomali olgusu sunulmuştur.

Keywords

Alt ekstremite, Doğum öncesi tanı, Femur, Anomaliler

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