Re: Help requested for a conference
From: Dr Fazeel uz Zaman (fazeel@atd.hazara.net.pk)
Thu Jun 21 15:53:22 2001
Thanks.......pictures please.
Dr. Fazeel
dr nayana parange wrote:
> hello dr Jose,
> false positives are really interesting,and I had a case,a lady-primi,
> who came to me for the first visit at full-term,(39 weeks 6 days to be
> precise)and the fetus apppeared to have a mass in the abdomen,we racked
> our brains and came up with the fantastic diagnosis of fetal
> neuroblastoma,and the next day she delivered and the fetus turned out to
> have anal atresia,and what had appeared as the mass was in fact dilated
> meconeum-filled bowel loops! I have the antenatal and postnatal pictures
> if you would like to see them.
> with best wishes,nayana
>
> At Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Jose Ferreira wrote:
> >
> >I am a Obstetrician and Clinical Geneticist at Garcia de Orta Hospital,
> >ALMADA, PORTUGAL
> >One of my colleagues, Manuel Hermida, was invited to present a talk at
> >the
> >World Congress of Perinatal Medicine to be held in Barcelona, Spain on
> >Sptember 23-27, 2001 on 'Errors in fetal ultrasound', which is a hell of
> >a
> >subject. There are not that many people reporting errors in literature.
> >We
> >believe that the intention of the organizers is to get information on
> >false
> >positives (of false negatives is the world full). Meaning, cases in
> >which
> >something was diagnosed but that was not there once the baby was born.
> >We
> >actually ha a case like that (it looked like a small encephalocele but
> >there
> >was nothing). But it was just a case! We believe that everybody had,
> >sometimes a sporadic experience like that and thought that it would be
> >interesting to ask professionals for cases they have had like this to
> >help
> >us on this task! Obviously all the credits will be publicly made
> >available.
> >If you have any case, especially if you have images, that wouldn't mind
> >to
> >share in this setting, we would be very appreciative of your
> >collaboration!
> >We would like to thank you all for all suggestions and stories you may
> >have.
> >Please e-mail me privately.
> >
> >--
> >Jose Ferreira, MD
> >Ob.Gyn. Dept.
> >Garcia de Orta Hospital
> >Almada
> >Portugal
> >
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