Thanatophoric dysplasia: possibilities of prenatal ultrasound diagnosis. Part 2. Temporal lobe dysplasia

Abstract

Thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) is the most common type of lethal skeletal dysplasia. Differential diagnosis of TD (type I) is not always possible. In recent years, the possibility of ultrasound diagnosis of fetal temporal lobe dysplasia (TLD) as a sign of TD verification. Echographic diagnosis of TLD and ultrasound signs of abnormal sulcations in 3 fetuses with lethal signs of dysplasia at 20–24 weeks of gestation are presented. Issues ability of prenatal diagnosis of temporal lobe dysplasia are discussed.