Publications by authors named "L C S Bussamra"
We report on a prenatal diagnosis of ring chromosome 15 in a fetus with left congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and severe intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). A 31-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1, was referred because of increased nuchal translucency at gestational age of 13 weeks. Comprehensive fetal ultrasound examination was performed at 19 weeks revealing an early onset IUGR, left CDH with liver herniation, and hypoplastic nasal bone.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The purpose of this study was to establish reference ranges for 2-dimensional sonographic measurements of fetal lungs from longitudinal data.
Methods: A total of 214 fetal lung measurements were longitudinally evaluated in 62 healthy fetuses between 20 and 36 weeks' menstrual age. Both right and left lung areas were measured in the heart 4-chamber view using lung area tracing and axis diameter methods.
Objective: To evaluate lung growth in healthy fetuses and those with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) using two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound.
Methods: Fetal right lung measurements obtained by 2D ultrasound between 19 and 37 weeks' gestation were evaluated longitudinally in 66 healthy fetuses and 52 fetuses with isolated left-sided CDH. Right lung areas were determined by the 'tracing' and 'longest-diameters' methods and, subsequently, lung area-to-head circumference ratios (LHRs) were calculated.
Assessment of free fetal DNA concentration in maternal plasma during the first trimester of pregnancy: comparative study between EDTA and PPT tubes - pilot study.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
January 2015
Objective: To compare ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) tubes and plasma preparation tubes (PPT) for evaluating maternal plasma during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 24 male fetuses in women between 6 and 14 weeks of pregnancy. Blood samples (10 mL) were collected and stored in EDTA and PPT tubes.