Objective:

To analyze the ultrasonic characteristics of fetal limb deformities.

Methods:

The data of fetal limb deformities diagnosed by ultrasound and confirmed by induced labor in East Hospital

Tongji University from Jan. 2012 to Oct. 2016 were analyzed.

Results:

Eight cases with limb deformities were diagnosed by ultrasound and confirmed by induced labor. Four of them also had other systemic abnormalities. Seventeen cases with limb deformities were missed diagnosed by ultrasound

and none of them had other systemic abnormglities.

Conclusion:

Among fetal limb deformities

skeletal dysplasias

absence of hands or feet

limb deformities complicated with other systemic abnormalities could be easily diagnosed by ultrasonography.