What Does The Following Ultrasound Report Indicate?

Posted on Thu, 10 Sep 2015

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Question : Hi, my wife is a pregnant and nuchal fold thickness is shown as 0.28cm at 13 weeks 2 days. Is it normal (or) do we need to go for any other follow-up tests? Please do the needful and thanks in advance!

Answered by Dr. Dr. Yogesh D (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Borderline high value for nuchal fold thickness. But not abnormal.

Detailed Answer:
Hello Mr. XXXXXXX

Thank you for posting your query here on healthcaremagic.com.

I can understand your anxiety regarding the ultrasound report.

The report mentions that the nuchal fold thickness is 0.28 cm (2.8mm). This may be considered high normal in your case.

Other finding that is mentioned is, nasal bone. This reduces the risk of Downs syndrome.

This report at this time does not appear to be confirmatory for anything. Please talk to your obstetrician and follow his/her advice regarding further testing.

I hope this answers your query.

Best regards.

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