Background MRI has been confirmed as an important tool for fetal central nervous system and other diseases. MRI has also emerged as a powerful approach to imaging heart diseases in infants. But fetus with heart diseases diagnosed by MRI has relative rarely been reported. Now most doctors agree that fetal cardiac MRI can provide some additional information when the patient was with some special ...

Background: Oligohydramnios is the most frequent third trimester complication resulting in a greater number of caesarean sections. This study was carried out to determine role oligohydramnios (AFI<5) and borderline amniotic fluid index (AFI between 5.1-8) for term pregnancy their impact on maternal perinatal outcomes. Objectives current investigation were incidence outcome cases with oligohy...

Received November 4, 2005, from Sonoscan Ultrasonic Scan Centre, Coimbatore, India (S.B.V.); and Anush Hospital, Sathyamangalam, India (A.P.A.). Revision requested November 9, 2005. Revised manuscript accepted for publication November 14, 2005. Address correspondence to S. Boopathy Vijayaraghavan, MD, DMRD, 16 B Venkatachalam Rd, R. S. Puram, Coimbatore 641 002, India. E-mail: [email protected]...

Penile agenesis or aphallia is a rare congenital anomaly occurring with a frequency of 1:10 -1:30 million newborns. Fewer than 100 cases have been reported worldwide. Associated urogenital malformations and the presence of oligohydramnios with pulmonary hypoplasia determine the infant's viability. Extra-urogenital anomalies have been described in the cardiovascular, gastro-intestinal and muscul...