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Table 1 Abnormal ultrasound findings, karyotype and outcome in cases with first trimester ventriculomegaly

From: Approach to the sonographic evaluation of fetal ventriculomegaly at 11 to 14 weeks gestation

No.

GA

NT (mm)

Additional abnormal ultrasound findings

Karyotype

Outcome

1

12 + 5

1.9

None

46 XY

1st trimester TOP

2

13 + 2

2.7

None

46 XX

1st trimester TOP

3

13 + 1

1.7

None

unknown

1st trimester TOP

4

12 + 6

1.4

None at initial evaluation, Agenesis of the corpus callosum (diagnosed at 20 weeks)

46 XY

2nd trimester TOP

5

13 + 2

2.3

None at initial evaluation, Dandy-Walker malformation (diagnosed at 15 weeks)

46 XX

Live born 32 + 5

6

12 + 5

1.7

Megacisterna magna (diagnosed with Dandy-Walker malformation at 20 weeks)

46 XY

2nd trimester TOP

7

13 + 1

1.5

Encephalocele

POMT1-mutation

(Walker-Warburg syndrome)

1st trimester TOP

8

13 + 3

1.5

Occipital meningocele, megacisterna magna (diagnosed with Dandy-Walker malformation, abnormal fetal profile and short limbs at 16 weeks)

46 XY

2nd trimester TOP

9

12 + 0

3.0

Spina bifida, tetralogy of Fallot, right aortic arch, bilateral hydronephrosis, hexadactyly

46 XY

1st trimester TOP

10

12 + 3

1.6

Semilobar holoprosencephaly, median facial cleft, hexadactyly

46 XX

1st trimester TOP

11

12 + 4

3.0

Hexadactyly, bilateral cleft, absent nasal bone, VSD, common arterial trunc

Trisomy 13

1st trimester TOP

12

13 + 1

3.7

Bilateral cleft, hexadactyly, omphalocele, single umbilical artery

Trisomy 13

1st trimester TOP

13

12 + 6

2.8

Iniencephaly, VSD, absent pulmonary valve syndrome, wrist drop, limb fixation

Trisomy 18

1st trimester TOP

14

13 + 5

5.1

Artrio-ventricular septal defect

Trisomy 21

1st trimester TOP

15

13 + 1

2.8

Semilobar holoprosencephaly, median cleft, unilateral anopthalmy

unknown

1st trimester TOP

16

12 + 4

4.0

Spina bifida, omphalocele, cardiac anomaly

unknown

1st trimester TOP

17

12 + 1

7.2

Megacisterna magna, bilateral cleft, bilateral pyelectasia

unknown

1st trimester TOP

  1. GA Gestational age at diagnosis, NT Nuchal translucency, VSD Ventricular septal defect, TOP Termination of pregnancy