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I was 12 wk preg. fetus had cystic hygroma&above normal n.t&generalized edema, my dr. decided abortion, was it the right decision?

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Dr. Al Hegab answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

Trust your doctor: at any rate that's a complex decision to make, from what you wrote it seems that the fetus had multiple anomalies which would be incompatible with life, hope you would have a healthy pregnancy later, good luck

Answered 3/4/2015

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Dr. Richard Roberts answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

12 wks fetal hydrops: That early in pregnancy, edema is hydrops, generalized; an increased nuchal translucency will be seen, which later in pregnancy may turn into a cystic hygroma, unless septation was already present--as seen in severely affected 45X (Turner syndrome) fetuses. Many other potential causes, but prognosis of hydrops this early is dismal. An amniocentesis prior to abortion allows chromosomal analysis.

Answered 7/5/2015

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