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ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2022

Nasal bone to nasal tip length ratio for describing nasal bone hypoplasia and predicting trisomy 21.

Emre Ekmekci, Emine Demirel, Sefa Kelekci

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Article in Archives of medical science : AMS, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Emre EkmekciMaternal-Fetal Medicine Unit, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Sanliurfa Education and Research Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
Emine DemirelMaternal-Fetal Medicine Unit, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey.
Sefa KelekciMaternal-Fetal Medicine Unit, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey.
Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University · TR

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Abstract

Introduction: Fetal nasal bone hypoplasia has been proven to be a strong marker for trisomy 21 during second trimester ultrasonography. Rather than evaluating the nasal bone hypoplasia according to the nomograms, it may be possible to evaluate it with a more practical and specific method. Material and methods: Retrospectively collected data were provided from the saved and stored patient data between 2012 and 2017. Nasal bone length and nasal tip length were measured and the ratio was calculated. The ratio ≤ 1/3 was defined as the threshold ratio for the definition of the marker. Nasal bone nasal tip length (NB/NL) ratio values were compared among groups with trisomy 21 and euploid fetuses. Results: A total of 59 fetuses had trisomy 21 and 2304 euploid fetuses were included in the study. The ratio of nasal bone to nasal tip length was 1/3 and below in 21/59 (35.5%) of fetuses with trisomy 21 whereas this ratio was 31/2304 (1.3%) in euploid fetuses. The difference was statistically significant ( Conclusions: This study suggested that the nasal bone to nasal tip length ratio may be a new promising and practical sonographic marker in the second trimester genetic sonography. Although its sensitivity is not high, it seems to be more practical and specific than the evaluation of fetal nasal bone length.

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Down syndromenasal bone hypoplasianasal tip lengthprenatal diagnosis

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