Heterotopic pregnancy
Multiple gestations with one in uterine cavity and the other outside of the uterus
Subchorionic Hemorrhage
Bleeding between uterine wall and chorion
Anembryonic Pregnancy
When gestational sac forms without an embryo
Abortion
Deliberate interruption of a pregnancy
Miscarriage
Spontaneous or natural loss
Complete abortion
Retained product of conception (RPOC) is expelled
Incomplete abortion
Partial expulsion of RPOC
Threatened abortion
Vaginal bleed with a closed cervix before 20 weeks
Missed abortion
Fetal death & retained dead embryo
Inevitable abortion
No chance of pregnancy survival. There is bleeding, gross rupture of the membrane & cervical dilation
Habitual Abortion
More than 3 consecutive miscarriage
Septic abortion
Spontaneous or induced that is complicated by uterine infection including endometritis
Therapeutic abortion
Elective termination
Normal placental thickness
Should be between 1.5-4cm
Placenta previa
Partially or completely covers the internal OS ( 4 grades)
False positives for placenta previa
Maternal bladder too full
Braxton hicks
early pregnancy
Abnormal placental attachment
Abnormal implantation of placental tissue (Chorionic villi) 3 types
Accrete
Invades < 50 % of the way through the myometrium
Increta
Invades more than 50% of the way through the myometrium
Percreta
Placenta tissue extends through uterine wall to bladder and adjacent pelvic structures
Succenturiate
AKA accessory placenta
Smaller accessory placental lobe that is separate to the main disc
Bilobed placenta
Placenta that consists of two separate disc of equal size
Circumvallate Placenta
Rolled or curled placenta edges
Placenta abruption
Placenta separates from the inner wall of the uterus before birth causing hemorrhage
Placental infarcts
AKA breus mole
large thrombus within subchorionic venous system due to obstructed venous flow
Gestational trophoblastic disease
AKA molar pregnancy
Non cancerous tumor that develops on the uterus as a result of a non viable pregnancy.
Hydatidiform (HM)
A rare mass or growth that forms Inside the womb at the beginning of a pregnancy type of GTD
Complete HM
No fetal tissue. echogenic short tissue mass containing cystic spaces of varying size (snow storm)
Partial/ incomplete HM
Some fetal tissue present. same as complete HM but with fetal tissue
HM w/ co-existing fetus
very rare when one twin transformed into a molar gestation. the other fetus is normal.
Chorioadenoma destruens
Type of cancer that grows into the muscular wall of the uterus ( invasive mole )
Choriocarcinoma
A malignant, fast growing tumor that develops from trophoblastic cells
Chorangioma
A rare tumor with frequency of about 1% which usually presents as a solitary nodule or less frequency as multiple nodules.
Normal umbilical cord length
40-60 CM
Short Umbilical cord
Less than 35CM
Normal cord width
MX From 2.6-6.0 CM
Omphalomesenteric cyst
AKA allantoic cyst
A cystic lesion of the umbilical cord
Umbilical vein thrombosis
Blockage of the umbilical cord in the umbilical cord (Lethal)
True knots of the cord
A knot in the baby’s umbilical cord can be single or multiple (rare condition can be seen as clover leaf pattern )
False knots of the cord
kinks in the umbilical cord vessels any bulge or protuberance in the baby’s umbilical cord
Nuchal cord
Cord wrapped around fetal neck
Chordal attachments
Cord usually attaches near the center of the placenta
2 kinds
battledore cordal attachment
Velamentous cord insertion
Battledore cordal attachments
AKA marginal cord insertion
Umbilical cord attached to the placenta margin
Velamentous cord insertion
When cord inserts into membranes before it enters the placenta rather than directly into the placenta
Vasa previa
When internal os is covered by the umbilical vessel
Umbilical cord prolapse
When the umbilical cord falls into the birth canal ahead of the baby head or other parts of babys body
Vessel cord
AKA bivascular cord, single umbilical artery
One umbilical artery & one umbilical vein
Umbilical vein varix
Dilation of the umbilical vein
vein diameter > 9 mm
Umbilical cord coiling
Makes umbilical cord flexible & strong provides resistance to the external force
Normal cord has 1 coil per 5 cm
Torsion or hyper coiling > 2 coils per 5cm
Non- coiled umbilical cord
At risk for poor perinatal outcome
poly hydramnios
AKA hydramnios
excessive fluid
Oliogo hydramnios
Severely decreased fluid levels
Anhydramnios
No fluid
PROM
Premature rupture of the membrane
Fetal hydros
AKA hydros fetalis
Condition where large amounts of fluid build up in the baby’s tissues and organs causing extensive swelling.
Non- Immune Hydrops
Most common excessive accumulation of fetal fluid within the fetal extravascular compartments and baby cavities.
Immune hydrops
AKA Erythroblastosis details/ isoimmunization
Mothers immune system causes babies red blood cells to break down.
Amniotic band sequence/ syndrome
Pieces of the amnion membrane attached to the fetus causing defects
Neural tube defects
Occurs when the embryonic neural tube fails to close
Anencephaly
Baby is born without parts of the brain or skull (lethal)
frog like appearance
Enencephaly
AKA Acrania
Partial or complete absence of the cranial vault. fetal cranium absent but fetal brain tissue os always present
Cephalocele
Infant is born with gap in the skull
Meningocele
Herniation of only membranes
Encephalocele
Herniation of brain tissue and membranes
Meningoencephalocele
Herniation of brain tissue, meninges & CSF ( cerebrospinal fluid)
Spina bifida
Incomplete development of the spinal cord or coverings. cleft or opening in the spine.
Most common location for spina bifida
Lumbosacral area
2nd most common location for spina bifida
Cervical area
Rachischisis
( Most serious for of SB)
Posterior neuropore of the neural tube fails to close resulting in a cleft through the spine.
Spina bifida occulta
Mildest
Malformation of one or more of the vertebrae without apparent damage to the spinal cord
Meningocele
A sac that pushes through the gap in the spine
Myelomeningocele
( Most severe from of SB )
Part of the spinal cord itself protrudes through the back
Arnold - Chiari Malfromation
Condition in which brain tissue extends into the spinal canal.
Dandy - walker malformation DMW
Development deviation in the roof of the 4th ventricle and cerebellum.
Holoprosencephally
Disorder caused by the failure of the prosencephalon ( the embryonic forebrain) to sufficiently divide into double lobes of the cerebral hemispheres
Alobar Holoprosencephally
Most serious form where the brain has No tendency to separate is usually associated with facial abnormalities
Semilobar holoprosencephaly
Brains hemispheres have a slight tendency to separate
Lobar Holoprosencephaly
Nearly complete separation of the cerebral hemispheres
( Least severe)
Aqueductal stenosis
Result from an obstruction atresia or stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius ( connects to the 3rd & 4th ventricles)
Vein of Galen malformation (VGM)
Abnormal connections between arteries & the deep draining veins of the brain which develop before birth (Rare)
Choroid plexus cyst
Often located in the atria of the lateral ventricles. Often seen 15-24 weeks & often resolves by 22-26 weeks
Porencephaly
Extremely rare condition of the central nervous system involving a cyst or cavity in the cerebral hemisphere
Schizencephaly
Cleft in the cerebral cortex
Hydrancephaly
RARE Where the brains cerebral hemispheres are absent and replaced by sacs filled with cerebral spinal fluid
Hydrocephalus
Build up of fluid in the cavities ( ventricles) deep with in the brain
Lissencephaly
Smooth brain
condition where there is no gyro/sulci within the cerebral cortex
Microcephaly
Small head
Meckel - syndrome
Characterized by multiple cyst in the kidney, protrusion of a portion of the brain through an opening in the skull and extra fingers & or toes
Scoliosis
S shaped spine abnormal lateral curvature
kyphosis
Abnormal posterior curvature of the spine
TORCH
Toxoplasmosis, rubellacytomggalovirus, herpes simplex & HIV
sometimes with an s- syphilis
Fetal intracranial tumers
MOST COMMON
Teratoma that will distort the normal brain appearance
Choroid plexus papillomas
Found with in the choroid plexus produces an increased production of CSF ( Cerebra spinal fluid ) can lead to venreicilomegaly
Skeletal dysplasia
Term used to describe abnormal growth and density of the cartilage and bone
Rhizomelia
Shortening of the proximal extremity
Humerus & Femur
Mesomelia
Middle limb segment shortening ( radius, ulna, tibia, fibula)
Acromelia
Distal extremity shortening ( phalanges and metacarpals )
Phocomelia
Absent middle portion of the limb ( hand & feet attached to trunk )
Thanatophoric displasia
one of the more common forms of lethal short limbed dwarfism seen
Achondrogenesis
Rare type of growth hormone deficiency in which there is a defect in the development of bone & cartilage