Evaluating the role of nuchal translucency in early detection of congenital defects: A systematic review

Elizabet C. Jusuf, Karloman A. Paipinan

Background: Nuchal translucency (NT) measurement is widely used in prenatal screening to detect chromosomal abnormalities, but its role in identifying congenital defect remains variably reported. Congenital heart disease (CHD) refers to structural malformations of the heart and/or great vessels, which predispose affected individuals to multiple morbidities across their lifespan and contribute to reduced long-term survival.. Although numerous studies have evaluated NT, none have specifically summarized…

Prenatal diagnosis of left isomerism: A case report

Afroditi Pegkou, Athena Souka, Maria Ioanna Chatziioannou, Angeliki Rouvali, Panagiotis Antsaklis, Georgios Daskalakis

Situs solitus is defined as normal development and positioning of the thoracic and abdominal organs. Heterotaxy syndromes describe a spectrum of abnormal organ location including conditions such as asplenia and polysplenia and are best classified by the morphology of the cardiac atria as right and left isomerism …