2000-07-21-05 Case of the week #30 © Mejia www.thefetus.net/
Case #30
July 21-August 4, 2000
Submitted by Carlos Alberto Mejia Escobar, MD, Jorge Ramirez, MD, Jaime Gomez, MD and Oscar Medina, MD Medellin, Colombia
A 17 year old woman, primigravida, with no family history of congenital anomalies was referred for the presence of fetal right leg edema at 20 weeks gestation.
This fetus was scanned at 28 and 32 weeks. What is the anomaly or syndrome called ?
The legs:




The abdomen
The kidneys
The chest
The face
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