2002-09-23-09 Case of the week #81 © Bircher www.thefetus.net/
Case of the week # 81
October 11 - 24, 2002
Ana Maria Bircher, MD, Fernando Heredia, MD, Rani Lewis, MD*, Philippe Jeanty, MD, PhD
Women"s Health Alliance, Nashville, Tennessee. *Maternal Fetal Medicine Nashville, TN
A 30-year-old woman was referred at 25-week gestation. The following images were obtained at that time.
The fetal head (2D and 3D reconstructions)






The fetal face

Note the beautiful surface 3D rendering



The fetal thorax


The upper limbs

The lower limbs



There is also a short video clip available.
There is another video clip with greyscale surface 3D rendering of the fetal face and head.
What is (are) the finding(s), and the name of the condition ?
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