You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect
CASE REPORT
Prenatal diagnosis of cervical ribs by three-dimensional ultrasound in a foetus with a herniated Dandy-Walker cyst
  1. Pauline Schut1,
  2. Robert M Verdijk2,
  3. Marieke Joosten3 and
  4. Alex J Eggink4
  1. 1 Prenatal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  2. 2 Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  3. 3 Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  4. 4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Pauline Schut, p.schut{at}erasmusmc.nl

Abstract

We present a case report of a foetus with a herniated Dandy-Walker cyst and bilateral rudimentary cervical ribs. The cervical ribs were visualised prenatally by three-dimensional ultrasound and confirmed by post-termination radiography. The prevalence of cervical ribs is higher in deceased fetuses and neonates with or without structural abnormalities compared with healthy individuals and might be regarded as a marker of disadvantageous fetal development. We demonstrate that evaluation of the fetal vertebral pattern by three-dimensional ultrasonography, including the cervical region, is feasible and could provide valuable information regarding fetal and neonatal prognosis.

  • obstetrics and gynaecology
  • pregnancy
  • materno-fetal medicine
  • congenital disorders

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-225381

Statistics from Altmetric.com

    Request Permissions

    If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

    View Full Text

    Footnotes

    • Patient consent for publication Obtained.

    • Contributors All authors contributed to the conception and design of this case report. PS drafted the article. RMV, MJ and AJE critically reviewed the manuscript and approved the final version. All authors agreed to be accountable for the article and to ensure that all questions regarding the accuracy or integrity of the article are investigated and resolved.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.