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What Does My Ultrasound Scan Report Indicate?

Posted on Sat, 30 Jan 2016

Question: I keep finding information saying that after 13 weeks 6 days the normal value for nuchal fold thickness is 6 mm. Therefore, could the 5.1mm in my ultrasound be normal?

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Answered by Dr. Deepti Verma (13 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Cut off is 3-3.5 mm for Nuchal fold thickness at 14.weeks

Detailed Answer:
Hi dear,
Various latest studies and researches have mentioned that the Nuchal fold thickness at 14 weeks of pregnancy should be less than3.5 mm.
I am giving you the url of one such study.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/0000/
I suggest you to go through it.
At our fetal medicine centre, we use 3.5 mm cut off for a 14 weeks fetus.
Hope you found the answer helpful.
Please do get back for further queries.
Wishing you good health.
Regards
Dr Deepti Verma
OBGYN
Maternal and fetal medicine specialist

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T

Follow up: Dr. Deepti Verma (2 hours later)

I just uploaded a couple of images from the ultrasound taken the day before my surgery. Can you see anything significant in the images? Can you see anthick nuchal fold?

Answered by Dr. Deepti Verma (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
These images do not show a thick nuchal fold

Detailed Answer:
Hi dear,
I have reviewed the ultrasound images.
These images do not show a thick nuchal fold.
Please upload more images if available, and especially the image in which the nuchal fold was measured.
Regards
Dr Deepti Verma

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Sonia Raina