Obstetrics and Gynecology Board Review Pearls of Wisdom

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••• Chapter 17^ Obstetrical Ultrasound and Fetal Abnormalities^183


❍ What substances are elevated in the amniotic fluid of a fetus with open neural tube defect?
AFP and acetyl cholinesterase.


❍ Three-dimensional/four-dimensional ultrasound is useful in the assessment of?
Fetal facial abnormalities. Cleft lip and palate when found as an isolated anomaly follow a multifactorial
inheritance. They have been associated with folate deficiency.


❍ This ultrasound demonstrates?


Fetal hydrops.

❍ This ultrasound in association with fetal isoimmunization indicates?
Severe fetal anemia leading to cardiac failure.

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