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Table 3 Comparison between pre- and postnatal findings and diagnosis

From: Prenatal diagnosis of fetal skeletal dysplasia using 3-dimensional computed tomography: a prospective study

Infant

Prenatal

Postnatal

findings

diagnosis

findings

diagnosis

1

Shortening and bowing of long bones, Fractures of femur and ribs

OI

Shortening and bowing of long bones, Fractures of femur and ribs

OI

2

Shortening and bowing of long bones, hydramnios

OI

Shortening and fractures of long bones

OI

3

Shortening and bowing of long bones, Narrow thorax, Megalencephaly

OI

Shortening and bowing of long bones, Rib fractures, Narrow thorax, Facial dysmorphy

OI

4

Shortening of long bones, Narrow thorax, Megalencephaly

TD

Rhyzomelic shortening of long bones, Bowing of long bones, Narrow thorax, Megalencephaly, Platyspondylia

TD

5

Shortening and bowing of long bones Long bones fractures Narrow thorax, Megalencephaly Hydramnios

TD

Shortening and bowing of long bones, Megalencephaly, Frontal bossing, Narrow thorax, Platyspondylia, Trident hand

TD

6

Shortening of long bones, Narrow thorax

ACH or HCH

Shortening of long bones, Narrow thorax

ACH

7

Shortening of long bones, Narrow thorax

ACH

Shortening of long bones, Narrow thorax

ACH

8

Shortening of long bones, Narrow thorax Trident hand

ACH

Shortening of long bones, Frontal bossing, Narrow thorax, Trident hand

ACH

9

Shortening of long bones, Narrow thorax

ACH

Shortening of long bones, Narrow thorax

ACH

10

Shortening of long bones, Narrow thorax, Trident hand

ACH

Shortening of long bones, Frontal bossing, Narrow thorax, Trident hand, Facial dysmorphy of Down syndrome

ACH

Trisomy 21

11

Shortening of long bones

ACH or HCH

Shortening of long bones, Frontal bossing

HCH

12

Shortening and bowing of long bones Hypoplastic scapulae

CD

Shortening and bowing of long bones, Hypoplastic scapulae

CD

13

Shortening and bowing of long bones Mild curvature with scapular hypoplasia Club feet

OI

Bowing of long bones, Club feet, Hypoplastic scapulae, Rib fractures, Ambiguous genitalia, Facial dysmorphy

CD

14

Dislocation of elbow and knee, Club feet Radioulnar synostosis

Desbuquois disorder

Dislocation of shoulder, elbow, Articulation coxae and knee, Facial dysmorphy, Scoliosis, brevicollis

Desbuquois disorder

15

Shortening of long bones Hyperdactylia CHD (AVSD, single atrium)

Elis-van Creveld syndrome

Shortening of long bones, Narrow thorax, Hyperdactylia, CHD (AVSD, single atrium)

Elis-van Creveld syndrome

16

Shortening of long bones, Narrow thorax

HPP

HPP

17

Shortening of long bones, Narrow thorax, hydramnios

HPP

Shortening of long bones, Narrow thorax, Hypoplasia of lung, Low levels of serum ALP

HPP

  1. ACH achondroplasia, AVSD atrial ventricular septal defect, CD campomelic dysplasia, CHD congenital heart disease, HCH hypochondroplasia, HPP hypophosphatasia, OI osteogenesis imperfecta, TD thanatophoric dysplasia