What Does My TIFFA Scan Report Indicate?

Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2015

Question: Hi doctor today I had tiffa scan femur length is 40.6 mm is it good or bad

Answered by Dr. Aarti Abraham (44 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please upload TIFFA scan report.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for writing to us with your health concern.
Whether the femur length is normal or not, depends on the weeks of pregnancy and other features on the ultrasound scan.
Hence I request you to kindly upload the report of the TIFFA scan, I would like to go through it, and then guide you accordingly.
All the best
Please feel free to discuss further.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Aarti Abraham (22 minutes later)

Hi doctor sent my report
20 weeks n 4 days

Answered by Dr. Aarti Abraham (37 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Can you upload report page too ? And parental height ?

Detailed Answer:
Could you send across the report page also ?
The femur length is more than is expected at this age.
It could be that your baby is taller than average ?
Are the parents taller than normal ?
Or grandparents ?

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Aarti Abraham (3 minutes later)

Its nt uploading genrally what mm should be? 40.6 mm means taller?

Answered by Dr. Aarti Abraham (3 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Explained.

Detailed Answer:
Generally at 20 weeks, it is around 32 mm, plus or minus 6 mm.
So yes, 40.6 mm is more than normal, meaning that the femur ( thigh bone ) is longer than normal.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Aarti Abraham (0 minute later)

Am 5.5 my husband 5.6 my brother 6 feet