Early Detection of Fetal Malformation, a Long Distance Yet to Cover! Present Status and Potential of First Trimester Ultrasonography in Detection of Fetal Congenital Malformation in a Developing Country: Experience at a Tertiary Care Centre in India

<table class="algorithm-group"><tr><td><table class="algorithm" id="figbox2"><tr><td colspan="2">Acrania, anencephaly, encephaocoele, etopia cordis  (100% detectable)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Spina bifida, hydrocephalous, holoprosencephaly </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Cystic hygroma, </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Hypoplastic left heart syndrome, atrioventricular septal defect</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Limb reduction defects </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Megacystis</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Skeletal dysplasia</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>List of common malformations we found usually detectable before 12 weeks.</div>

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Box 2: Early Detection of Fetal Malformation, a Long Distance Yet to Cover! Present Status and Potential of First Trimester Ultrasonography in Detection of Fetal Congenital Malformation in a Developing Country: Experience at a Tertiary Care Centre in India 

Box 2 | Early Detection of Fetal Malformation, a Long Distance Yet to Cover! Present Status and Potential of First Trimester Ultrasonography in Detection of Fetal Congenital Malformation in a Developing Country: Experience at a Tertiary Care Centre in India 