A common form of abnormal head development is associated with clefting of the lip which may also include cleft palate. The movie above shows a fetus (at 18 weeks gestation, 20 weeks obstetric) which has a facial cleft. (More? Face Abnormalities | Head Abnormalities)
Labelled Image - showing the fetus is facing out from the screen and the scan below is through just the nose and upper lip showing the cleft.
(More? Face Abnormalities | Head Abnormalities)
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This ultrasound scan movie shows how facial clefting (cleft lip) can be detected or confirmed by this technique.
Special thanks to Dr Andrew McLennan, Foetal Medicine Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital for original video materials.
Normal development features are listed on a separate page Normal Ultrasound.
There also an about movies page which has technical details and terms listed.
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