the prolonged retention of fetal bone structure is an uncommon condition after a previous abortion. we describe two cases with fetal bone fragment amongst 3589 hysteroscopies (0.05%) who had no complaint other than secondary infertility. in both patients hyperechogenic areas were found through transvaginal ultrasound and the bones were removed by hysteroscopy. despite meticulous evaluation duri...

BACKGROUND Prenatal ultrasonography has remained a universal tool but little is known especially from developing countries on clients' reasons for desiring it. Then aim was to determine the reasons why pregnant women will desire a prenatal ultrasound. METHODS It was a cross-sectional survey of consecutive 222 women at 2 different ultrasonography facilities in Ibadan, South-west Nigeria. RES...

The impact of ultrasonography on the practice of obstetrics has been profound. A carefully performed sonographic examination reveals vital information about fetal anatomy, as well as fetal environment, growth, and well-being. Technology has evolved from producing two-dimensional images of the pregnant uterus to using Doppler methods for measurement of maternal and fetal circulation and to creat...

In this report, we describe a rare cause of in utero fetal death, a complex entanglement of the umbilical cord around the fetal neck. At the 16th gestational week of pregnancy, routine fetal ultrasonography showed no fetal heartbeat. Thereafter, the fetus was delivered vaginally in the breech presentation. The neck was found to be encircled by multiple tight loops of the umbilical cord. Other t...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic value of sonographic measurement of fetal abdominal circumference (AC) for the prediction of fetal macrosomia. MATERIAL AND METHOD A prospective clinical trial was conducted at Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. The study consisted of 361 singleton pregnant women who were admitted for deliv...

Although rare, sacrococcygeal teratoma is the most common congenital neoplasm, occurring in 1 in 40,000 infants. Approximately 75% of affected infants are female. The aim of the present study was to correlate ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in patients with fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma. Three pregnant women in 27th week of gestation underwent fetal MRI after ultra...

Two multigravidae aged 27 and 29 years, with previous uneventful pregnancies, second being psoriatic, reported at 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancies, with generalized pustular lesions. Laboratory findings, including serum calcium were normal. Ultrasonography showed normal fetal growth. Histopathology confirmed pustular psoriasis. Patients were put on cyclosporine 3 mg/ kg weight/ day after failure ...

Fetal development is studied since the advent of two-dimensional ultrasonography. However, a detailed assessment of structures and surfaces improved with three-dimensional ultrasonography. Currently, it is possible to identify embryonic components and fetal parts with greater detail, at all pregnancy trimesters, using the HD live software, where the images gain realistic features by means of ap...