ULTRASOUND Messages for August, 2003: Re: CPC

Re: CPC
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Wed Aug 13 14:00:59 2003

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This case illustrates the difference between a screening test and a diagnostic test. With regard to Down's Syndrome, amniocentesis, PUBS, CVS for karyotyping are all diagnostic tests. Ultrasound, biochemistry and serum analytes are screening tests. Screening tests do not count the chromosomes, they help stratify risk. High risk does not mean you have a problem. Low risk does not mean you have no problem.
art
At Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Allen Worrall wrote: >
>I believe she just had bad luck. Of course any woman can deliver a baby with
>Down Syndrome. Dr. Beryl Benaceraff and her group have shown that choroid
>plexus cysts are not a "soft sign" of Down.
>
>Joseph A Worrall MD RDMS
>OB/GYN Ultrasound at the Fairbanks Clinic
>Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701
>jworrall@alaska.net
>http://www.obgynsono.com
>

>>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: devi
> To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:34 AM
> Subject: CPC
>
> I had a case where 36 yr old was offered perinatal testing but declined
>i.e triple test how ever ,amniocetesis was also sugeested considering her
>age--but she declined. morphology scan showed 2 small CPC bilaterally.. she
>was again counselled and offered amnio--she declined. she opted to have a
>repeat scan at 28 weeks hoping that they resolve at 26 weeks onwards.. The
>cyts did resolve at 28 weeks scan .she was happy with the decesion --so
>where the medical profession ,however at 39 weeks she went in to spontanious
>labor and delivered a DS baby-- how do u explain this..
> Thanks for your adviseand any other sugesstions
>
> Dr D Sharma MD franzcog.

-- art fougner, md ich bin ein New Yorker

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