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The location of the fetal ears: A hint for prenatal diagnosis of agnathia-otocephaly complex |
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| Authors: | Julia Bijok PhD MD Anna Kucińska-Chahwan MD Lena Gielniewska-Michalczyk MD Diana Massalska PhD MD Grzegorz Jakiel PhD MD Tomasz Roszkowski MD |
| Affiliation: | 1. First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland;2. Department of Pathology, Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland |
| Abstract: | Otocephaly is an extremely rare lethal congenital anomaly characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of the mandible. The clinical presentation is variable. Some cases may present with severe micrognathia as the only anomaly seen prenatally. The key to early diagnosis is careful assessment of the location of the fetal ears on 2D ultrasound examination. |
| Keywords: | facial cleft micrognathia obstetrics Pierre-Robin sequence ultrasonography |