Re: Fetal Abnormalies
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Apr 29 16:38:07 2008
"It ain't over 'til it's over."
Yogi Berra 1973
Art
At Tue, 29 Apr 2008, JD Stewart,MD wrote:
>
>If there is a FISH, one must assume this came from amniocytes or CVS-
>and a karyotype will follow. Cultured cells should be available to look
>for specific defects- Answers most of your aneuploidy questions- or at
>least narrow the focus to a specific genetic defect and one can advise
>prognosis.(Very, very likely normal...)
>
>Just got a nifty brochure from Baylor screening for more than 150
>genetic disorders with a Microarray analysis on AF and CVS. Could give
>you way more information than you would ever need...and label the baby
>as a carrier of the 2-5 lethal recessive mutations each of us likely
>carries.. and doom the child to a life without medical insurance.
>
>Be careful in being curious and becoming no wiser nor happier nor safe,
>but nevertheless lifetime labeled.
>
>In some mood today. JDS
>
>At Sat, 26 Apr 2008, ri nag wrote:
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>>Its a case of 21 weeks pregnency.
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>>The 2nd level ultrasound report shows
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>>1) Right Choroid Plexus having a cyst of size 6.3 mm x 5.0 mm
>>2) Left Choroid Plexus Cyst of size 6.6 mm x 4.5 mm in fetal brain
>>3) 2mm echogenic focus seen in the Left Ventricle of Fetal Heart.
>>
>>Rest of the Ultrasound report is normal
>>
>>FISH (Fluorescence Insitu Hybridisation) Test was performed, No
>>numerical abnormaility was detected for the 13, 21, 18, 23 chromosomes.
>>
>>Is there any need to worry about the Fetus ?
>>
>>I want to know the effects of the two Cysts on Right and Left Choroid
>>Plexus and the Echogenic Focus seen in the Left Ventricle of Fetal Heart
>>?
>>Are they harmful?
>>
>>If yes, what type of abnormalities can be there in baby?
>>How we can find out?
>>How they can be cured?
>
>--
>JD. Stewart, MD
>MFM up too late all night, every night...still 10 years later
>
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art fougner, md
"May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
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