2001-04-12-10 Case of the week #48 © Quintero www.thefetus.net/
Case #48
April 13-27, 2001
Submitted by Juan Carlos Quintero Mejia MD, and Philippe Jeanty, MD, PhD
Cali, Colombia and Nashville TN
This fetus was scanned at 18 weeks and 1 day menstrual age. All the biometry was consistent with 17 weeks days. The patient had no rupture of the membranes.
| Biparietal diameter | 36.5 mm | 16w +2d |
| Head perimeter | 139 | 17w+ 1d |
| Femur | 24 | 17w+ 2d |
| Humerus | 22.4 | 16w+ 6d |
| Abdomen perimeter | 125.5 | |
The following images were obtained:
Normal heart
The abdomen, stomach ands kidneys
The limbs
The spine
Placenta and cervix
In view of the findings the patient was counseled, but she declined to not have a karyotype performed. The fetus spontaneously died at 35 weeks.
What is the finding and the anomaly that are represented by the findings ?
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