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Four equations for fetal weight estimation are analyzed. All of them are improved, adding a factor that corrects the fetal somatotype 90.3 ((FL/AD)-0.68)). The differences between the means are not significant.
Twenty-one patients with ovarian tumors are studied using transabdominal color Doppler, in order to predict malignancy, depending on the vascular pattern obtained. In the 4 ovarian cancers, the resistance index (RI) was below 0.70. In 16 benign tumors the RI was above 0.70. Only one benign tumor, (hemorrhagic thecaluteinic cyst) had a low resistance vascular pattern. The sensibility of the method was 100%, its specificity 94.1%, the positive predictive value 80% and the negative predictive value 100%.
The growth curves of BPD, abdominal diameter and femoral length that are currently used in our Obstetrics Department, are presented. The fetal weight estimation is analyzed and its potential differences with newborn weight curves. Also, is discussed the used of the fetal ponderal index estimation.
A fetal heart rhabdomyoma diagnosed at 31 weeks of gestational age, is presented. The tumor, located in the right ventricle, is asymptomatic. The diagnosis is confirmed postnatal.
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