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01-01-2012 | Advances in Fetal and Neonatal Imaging

Low-dose fetal CT for evaluation of severe congenital skeletal anomalies: preliminary experience

Authors: Teresa Victoria, Monica Epelman, Michael Bebbington, Ann M. Johnson, Sandra Kramer, R. Douglas Wilson, Diego Jaramillo

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Special Issue 1/2012

Abstract

Congenital skeletal abnormalities compose a heterogeneous and complex group of conditions that affect bone growth and development and result in various anomalies in shape and size of the skeleton. Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of these anomalies is challenging because of the relative rarity of each skeletal dysplasia, the multitude of differential diagnoses encountered when the bony abnormalities are identified, lack of precise molecular diagnosis and the fact that many of these disorders have overlapping features and marked phenotypic variability. The following review is a preliminary summary of our experience at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) using low-dose fetal CT in the evaluation of severe fetal osseous abnormalities.

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Title: Low-dose fetal CT for evaluation of severe congenital skeletal anomalies: preliminary experience
Authors: Teresa Victoria
Monica Epelman
Michael Bebbington
Ann M. Johnson
Sandra Kramer
R. Douglas Wilson
Diego Jaramillo
Publication date: 01-01-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue Special Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-011-2175-3

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