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Re: short femurs From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Thu May 27 08:07:33 1999 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: short femurs" Previous message: Braun, R. Daniel: "FRI: a day early Star Wars fans read" In reply to: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: short femurs" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez MD: "Re: short femurs" Reply: Efrain Ramirez MD: "Re: short femurs" welcome to one of the vicissitudes of Ob ultrasound - the "soft markers" for aneuploidy. would suggest genetic counseling for this lady. you might also consider that the most common reasons for short femurs would be skeletal dysplasia, aneuploidy, or simply constitutional. if in doubt, why not offer the lady another scan at your friendly neighborhood tertiary center by the local MFM ultrasound maven? incidentally, in my neck of the woods - Flushing, Queens, with its large Asian population, short femurs are more of an ethnic feature than a marker for trisomy. again, for these tough cases, formal genetic counseling seems most appropriate. Art At Thu, 27 May 1999, Braun, R. Daniel wrote: > >This is one of the ultrasound markers for Down Syndrome. I believe its >presence means about a 5% chance of Down's. So the risk is about 15 times >what it is at age 35. >Dan >R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG >Clinical Professor >Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology >Indiana U. School of Medicine >Indianapolis, IN 46202 > >International Representative for United States >OBGYN.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: nd84md@aol.com [SMTP:nd84md@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 9:17 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L > Subject: short femurs > > just got a stat call from my sister in law. during her routine >17week > ultrasound she was told that the baby's femurs were "short" at only >15 > weeks size. no other problems, she is 33 and has a normal tri >screen. > even if these femurs are short, is there reason to consider an amnio >for > such an isolated finding. i think not; any suggestions? > > -- > CJ Stanley,MD, FACOG > private practice 5yrs > Clarksville, TN -- art fougner, md SonoScan/Genetic Sciences forest hills, ny evsono@pipeline.com Next message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: short femurs" Previous message: Braun, R. Daniel: "FRI: a day early Star Wars fans read" In reply to: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: short femurs" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez MD: "Re: short femurs" Reply: Efrain Ramirez MD: "Re: short femurs"

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