Hypertext atlas of fetal and neonatal pathology

Marta Ježová,Pavel Vlašín,Katarína Múčková,Ondřej Souček,Josef Feit

doi:10.1186/1746-1596-3-s1-s9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-3-s1-s9

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Journal: Diagnostic Pathology	Publication Date: Jan 1, 2008
Citations: 3	License type: cc-by

Affiliation: Masaryk University

Abstract

Hypertext atlas of fetal and neonatal pathology is a free resource for pregraduate students of medicine, pathologists and other health professionals dealing with prenatal medicine. The atlas can be found at . The access is restricted to registered users. Concise texts summarize the gross and microscopic pathology, etiology, and clinical signs of both common and rare fetal and neonatal conditions. The texts are illustrated with over 300 images that are accompanied by short comments. The atlas offers histological pictures of high quality. Virtual microscope interface is used to access the high-resolution histological images. Fetal ultrasound video clips are included. Case studies integrate clinical history, prenatal ultrasonographic examination, gross pathology and histological features. The atlas is available in English (and Czech) and equipped with an active index. The atlas is suitable both for medical students and pathologists as a teaching and reference tool. The atlas is going to be further expanded while keeping the high quality of the images.

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Fetal pathology is a stand-alone discipline of pathology dealing with prenatal development, congenital anomalies and pregnancy failure
There has been dramatic advance in early prenatal diagnostics of fetal abnormalities that is offered as a part of routine prenatal care
The users interface is based on the previous Hypertext Atlas of Dermatopathology, sharing the internal structure and design

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Fetal pathology is a stand-alone discipline of pathology dealing with prenatal development, congenital anomalies and pregnancy failure. There has been dramatic advance in early prenatal diagnostics of fetal abnormalities that is offered as a part of routine prenatal care. The affected couple mostly requests pregnancy termination. The main clinical utility of fetal autopsy is confirmation of prenatally diagnosed anomalies in the aborted fetus. The pathologist has a growing responsibility of reporting and documenting anomalies for the purposes of genetic counselling. There is an increasing medical interest in identifying the causes of spontaneous fetal loss by means of fetal autopsy [1,2]

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