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ALVARADO, Itala et al. Intracranial translucency in 11-13-week + 6 day old fetuses. Salus [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.2, pp.13-19. ISSN 1316-7138.

Pregnancy tracking and risk prevention through a multidisciplinary work of professionals increasingly optimizes outcomes in maternal-fetal medicine. The progressive improvement of risk calculation with ultrasound and serum markers has allowed the diagnosis of fetal chromosomal anomalies and pathologies more accurately, including spina bifida. Although prenatal screening is widely performed in the second trimester, it is more precise when done in the first trimester. Intracranial translucency is little known worldwide as an ultrasound marker. For this reason, measurement of intracranial translucency in fetuses between 11-13 weeks + 6 days was carried out, as well as its correlation with the occurrence of spina bifida in the second trimester of pregnancy, This prospective, longitudinal and non-probabilistic study done between May 2010 - 2011 had a population of 1583 patients evaluated in the Perinatology Unit at "Dr. Enrique Tejera" City Hospital in Valencia-Venezuela. The sample consisted of 74 fetuses between 11 and 13 weeks + 6 days. 66.66% intracranial translucency measured between 2.1 and 3 mm, without sonographic evidence of head and spine abnormalities in the second trimester; 60.81% were born by C-section; female / male ratio was almost 1 /1; 89.18% had a birth weight of 2500-4000g. 6.75% were preterm infants, with 80% mortality in this group. No newborns with spina bifida were found.

Palabras clave : Spina bifida; intracranial translucency; first trimester ultrasound markers.

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