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  2. Anomaly scan - Wikipedia

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    Anomaly scan. The anomaly scan, also sometimes called the anatomy scan, 20-week ultrasound, or level 2 ultrasound, evaluates anatomic structures of the fetus, placenta, and maternal pelvic organs. This scan is an important and common component of routine prenatal care. [ 1] The function of the ultrasound is to measure the fetus so that growth ...

  3. Obstetric ultrasonography - Wikipedia

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    Ultrasound may also detect fetal organ anomaly. Usually scans for this type of detection are done around 18 to 23 weeks of gestational age (called the " anatomy scan ", "anomaly scan," or "level 2 ultrasound").

  4. List of fetal abnormalities - Wikipedia

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    Fetal abnormalities are conditions that affect a fetus or embryo, are able to be diagnosed prenatally, and may be fatal or cause disease after birth. They may include aneuploidies, structural abnormalities, or neoplasms. Acardiac twin; Achondrogenesis; Achondroplasia

  5. Nuchal scan - Wikipedia

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    Nuchal translucency. Purpose. Used to screen for abnormalities in a developing fetus. A nuchal scan or nuchal translucency ( NT) scan / procedure is a sonographic prenatal screening scan ( ultrasound) to detect chromosomal abnormalities in a fetus, though altered extracellular matrix composition and limited lymphatic drainage can also be detected.

  6. Birth defect - Wikipedia

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    Another 10–13% of anomalies have a purely environmental cause (e.g. infections, illness, or drug abuse in the mother). Only 12–25% of anomalies have a purely genetic cause. Of these, the majority are chromosomal anomalies. [96] Congenital disorders are not limited to humans and can be found in a variety of other species, including cattle.

  7. Uterine malformation - Wikipedia

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    Uterine malformation. A uterine malformation is a type of female genital malformation resulting from an abnormal development of the Müllerian duct (s) during embryogenesis. Symptoms range from amenorrhea, infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, and pain, to normal functioning depending on the nature of the defect.

  8. Bicornuate uterus - Wikipedia

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    A bicornuate uterus is an indication for increased surveillance of a pregnancy, though most women with a bicornuate uterus are able to have healthy pregnancies. [1] Women with a bicornuate uterus are at an increased risk of recurrent miscarriage, [2] [10] preterm birth, [2] [11] malpresentation, [2] [12] disruptions to fetal growth, [13] premature rupture of membranes, placenta previa and ...

  9. Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are ...

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    Hormone levels, bleeding, a positive pregnancy test and an ultrasound of an empty uterus all indicate an ectopic pregnancy. “You can't be 100% — that's the tricky part," said Kate Arnold, an ...