Re: chorioamniotic separation

From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Sun Jan 3 11:23:05 1999


Hi this is a finding with a good prognosis. main ddx is with amniotic band which apparently this is not.

good luck

art

At Sun, 3 Jan 1999, J. Hsu wrote: >
>I happen to be a general internist. A patient had a screening
>ultrasound at 17 weeks that showed a less than 5 mm chorioamniotic
>separation. everything else looked fine. Apparently she was told that
>that is an incidental finding and that no further follow up was needed.
>I could not find much information on medline except for a few case
>reports, although a few of the cases sounded alarming such as fetal
>death from an amniotic band. Just how common is this, and is no follow
>up needed? I would appreciated if someone could shed some light on this
>topic or point me to some resources.

--
art fougner, md
SonoScan/Genetic Sciences
forest hills, ny
evsono@pipeline.com



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