A routine ultrasound done at 20 weeks period of gestation done in a 31 years old gravida 1 para 0 revealed an anomaly. The patient comes to you with the following ultrasound film for a second opinion. What congenital anomaly would you explain to the couple?
Ans. is d, i.e. AnencephalyRef. Williams 24/e, p 201The ultrasound appearance (absence of cranial vault and varying amount of brain) is classically seen in anencephaly of fetus.
Omphalocele
Encephalocele
Cystic hygroma
Anencephaly
Diagnosis in Obstetrics