Prenatal echographic diagnosis of phocomelia in the upper limbs

Abstract

The case report of a 28 years patient is described, she was admitted to Tamara Bunke Bider Teaching Gynaecoobstetric Hospital in Santiago de Cuba at the 23.4 weeks of pregnancy with the objective of interrupting pregnancy, due to the specialists of the Provincial Center of Medical Genetics suggestion who had detected a fetal malformation (phocomelia of the upper limbs) in the echography of the second trimester. When the fetus was removed, a hysterectomy was carried out and the echographic diagnosis was confirmed.

Keywords

• malformaciones congénitas
• focomelia
• diagnóstico prenatal
• diagnóstico ecográfico
• embarazo.