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Prenatal Diagnosis of Accompanying Alveolar Cleft and Cleft Palate in Fetuses with Cleft Lip Using Prenatal 3D Sonographic Identification and Antenatal Counseling  

Koh, Kyung Suck (Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine)
Kim, Hoon (Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine)
Choi, Jong Woo (Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine)
Won, Hye Sung (Department of Obstetrics, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine)
Kim, Sun Kwon (Department of Obstetrics, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine)
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Archives of Plastic Surgery / v.34, no.2, 2007 , pp. 181-185 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: Cleft lip and/or palate is the most common congenital facial anomaly whose incidence is about 1 in 500~1000 live births. As this anomaly may be associated with the serious chromosomal anomalies or the multiple organ abnormalities resulting in the fetal loss or perinatal maternal morbidity and mortality, careful prenatal counseling with early and accurate detection is important. Although conventional prenatal ultrasound(US) examination in midterm pregnancy has been applied for screening of cleft lip, there are definite limitations in the diagnosis of accompanying cleft palate or alveolar cleft. We applied high-resolution 3D US along the serial axial, coronal and sagittal plane so that we could diagnose the cleft palate and/or alveolar cleft in fetuses with cleft lip. Methods: From May 2005 to September 2005, 20 fetuses with cleft lip were examined with prenatal 3D US. Average maternal age was 28.8 years old(24-35 years old), and average gestational age was 24.8 weeks(17.6 to 34.2 weeks). Consecutive axial, coronal and sagittal multislice view were obtained via prenatal 3D US examination and diagnosis of cleft palate and/or alveolar cleft in cleft lip fetuses was followed. Results: With noninvasive and safe prenatal 3D US examination, 17 of 20 cleft lip fetuses were demonstrated to have cleft palate and/or alveolar cleft. Prenatal counseling according to the result was made. Conclusion: Existing prenatal US examination is suitable for screening the cleft lip fetuses but has limitation in identifying the related existence of cleft palate and/ or alveolar cleft. Authors verify the presence of cleft palate and/or alveolar cleft acquiring the successive multislice axial, coronal, and sagittal view with prenatal 3D US examination. Therefore, prenatal 3D US examination could be regarded as a noninvasive and secure screening modality in fetuses with cleft lip for confirming whether cleft palate and/or alveolar cleft is accompanied.
Keywords
Cleft lip and/or palate; Alveolar cleft; Prenatal 3D ultrasound examination;
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