{"id":2055,"date":"2019-05-01T15:58:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T20:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/?p=2055"},"modified":"2019-05-01T15:58:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T20:58:02","slug":"quick-concepts-acrania-vs-anencephaly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/05\/01\/quick-concepts-acrania-vs-anencephaly\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Concepts: Acrania vs. Anencephaly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1191\" src=\"http:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/QuickConceptsSeries_Screen_FINAL-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"QuickConceptsSeries_Screen_FINAL (1)\" width=\"136\" height=\"136\" \/>Within protocols for non-invasive prenatal assessment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acog.org\/Clinical-Guidance-and-Publications\/Committee-Opinions\/Committee-on-Obstetric-Practice\/Guidelines-for-Diagnostic-Imaging-During-Pregnancy-and-Lactation\">ultrasound scanning<\/a> is now considered essential to track normal and potentially abnormal fetal development.\u00a0 Scanning in the 1<sup>st<\/sup> trimester generally involves <!--more-->assessing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acog.org\/Clinical-Guidance-and-Publications\/Committee-Opinions\/Committee-on-Obstetric-Practice\/Methods-for-Estimating-the-Due-Date?\">estimated due date<\/a>, identifying multiple gestations, and ruling out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/ectopic-pregnancy\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20372088\">ectopic pregnancy<\/a>.\u00a0 Although the fetal heart develops quickly within the 1<sup>st<\/sup> trimester, other major organs are not visualized until a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acog.org\/Patients\/FAQs\/Ultrasound-Exams\">2<sup>nd<\/sup> trimester ultrasound examination<\/a>, typically scheduled between Weeks 18-22.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2078\" style=\"width: 201px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2078\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2078\" src=\"http:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Acrania.png\" alt=\"Acrania Visualized in Ultrasound Scan\" width=\"191\" height=\"149\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Acrania in Ultrasound Scan<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As referenced in a <a href=\"http:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/11\/quick-concepts-fetal-cranial-anatomy\/\">previous blog<\/a>, the challenge for a sonographer in fetal scanning is <strong>early identification of pathologies<\/strong> based on nuanced observation.\u00a0 This is especially relevant (and heart-breaking) when it involves lethal fetal abnormalities.\u00a0\u00a0 Acrania and <a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/15032-anencephaly\">Anencephaly<\/a> are two lethal cranial abnormalities that have somewhat similar sonographic appearances.\u00a0 While the effective outcome of either condition is the same, it is important to distinguish the two insomuch as <a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/15032-anencephaly\">Anencephaly<\/a>, resulting from neural tube defect, carries a higher possibility of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acog.org\/Patients\/FAQs\/Reducing-Risks-of-Birth-Defects\">recurrence in future pregnancies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Here are <a href=\"http:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/category\/quick-concepts\/\">links to previous Quick Concepts<\/a> relating to OB\/GYN or prenatal scanning:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/20\/quick-concepts-uterine-positions\/\">Quick Concepts \u2013 Uterine Positions<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/11\/quick-concepts-uterine-fibroids\/\">Quick Concepts \u2013 Uterine Fibroids<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/11\/quick-concepts-fetal-cranial-anatomy\/\">Quick Concepts &#8211; Fetal Cranial Anatomy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0qaQQeHoMMQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Links to American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aium.org\/\">AIUM<\/a>) Official Statements on:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aium.org\/officialStatements\/64\">Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Detailed Fetal Anatomic Ultrasound Examinations<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aium.org\/officialStatements\/50\">Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Fetal Echocardiographic Examinations<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aium.org\/officialStatements\/42\">Statement on the Safe Use of Doppler Ultrasound During 11-14 week scans (or earlier in pregnancy)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aium.org\/officialStatements\/33\">Prudent Use in Pregnancy<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/faculty\/frank_miele.php\">\u2013<strong>Frank Miele, MSEE\u00a0<\/strong>, President of Pegasus Lectures, Inc.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<em>Frank graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College with a triple major in physics, mathematics, and engineering. While at Dartmouth, he was a Proctor Scholar and received citations for academic excellence in comparative literature, atomic physics and quantum mechanics, and real analysis. Frank was a research and design engineer and project leader, designing ultrasound equipment and electronics for more than ten years at Hewlett Packard Company. As a designer of ultrasound, he has lectured across the country to sonographers, physicians, engineers and students on myriad topics.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within protocols for non-invasive prenatal assessment, ultrasound scanning is now considered essential to track normal and potentially abnormal fetal development.\u00a0 Scanning in the 1st trimester generally involves<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[11,37,33],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2055"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2088,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055\/revisions\/2088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}