EXAMINATION OF INTRACRANIAL TRANLUCENCY AS A MARKER FOR EARLY DETECTION OF OPEN SPINA BIFIDA

Nenad Šulović ,
Nenad Šulović
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Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina , Kosovska Mitrovica , Serbia

Goran Relić
Goran Relić

Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina , Kosovska Mitrovica , Serbia

Published: 15.02.2025.

Volume 52, Issue 3 (2023)

pp. 14-16;

https://doi.org/10.70949/pramed202503010S

Abstract

This article focuses on the sonographic axamination techique for evaluation of intracranial translucencies during the first trimester ultrasound scan. Appropriate knowledge of sonographic landmarks is the most important factor for evaluation normal as well as abnormal brain structure, and this examination may enable detection of open spina bifida and Arnold – Chiari anomaly at an early stage of fetal develpoment.

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