Dwarfism associated with prenatal ventriculomegaly

Two infants with ventriculomegaly diagnosed by ultrasound during the third trimester of pregnancy were noted to have lethal short‐limbed dwarfing syndromes at birth. In one instance, a clinical suspicion of hydramnios and in the other follow‐up scan for placental localization revealed ventriculomegaly as an unexpected finding. These observations suggest that when ventriculomegaly is detected during prenatal ultrasound evaluation, limb measurements should be included to exclude a dwarfing syndrome as part of the differential diagnosis.

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