Publications by authors named "D C Nacaratto"

Objective: To assess the usefulness of estimating fetal upper arm and thigh volumes as predictors of low postnatal body mass index (BMI) using three-dimensional ultrasonography (3DUS) with extended imaging virtual organ computer-aided analysis (XI VOCAL).

Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study analyzed 300 singleton pregnancies between 33 and 41 weeks of gestation. The Hadlock 4 formula was used to estimate fetal weight.

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Choriocarcinoma is a highly malignant disease of trophoblastic cells, which affects young women in the reproductive years. The main sites of metastasis from choriocarcinoma are lung, vagina, liver, gastrointestinal tract and kidneys, and the involvement of the ovaries is extremely rare. The diagnosis of ovarian metastasis is made mainly by two-dimensional ultrasonography (2DUS) with color Doppler, which shows a large vessel in the center of the mass.

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Conjoined twins are rare variants of monozygotic twins, which result from an incomplete division of the embryonic disk. Cephalothoracopagus is a rare twin pregnancy described as imperfect fusion of the head and chest, but separated columns, limbs, and pelvis. They occur with incidence rates that range from 1 per 50,000 to 1 per 100,000 births; however, the incidence of the cephalothoracopagus variety is 1 per 58 conjoined twins.

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