PRENATAL ULTRASOUND AND ABORTED FETAL CORRELATION IN RARE FETAL ANOMALIES

Abstract

A significant improvement in the detection of rare congenital anomalies is possible with correlation of antenatal ultrasound and gross features of aborted fetus. Evaluation of aborted fetus following termination of pregnancy also enables diagnosis of pathologies undetected by prenatal ultrasound alone, leading to better preconceptional counseling for subsequent pregnancies. Prenatal ultrasound and pathologic examination of the fetus are informative and complement each other. A very high level of agreement between prenatal ultrasound and pathological correlation was found in cases we studied in our hospital. KEY WORDS: Prenatal ultrasound, Aborted fetus, Fetal anomalies