Patient's question:
I am already two months pregnant. My sister told me that pregnant women are required to have a prenatal major anomaly scan at the hospital during pregnancy. What are the items included in the prenatal major anomaly scan?Doctor's answer:
Prenatal ultrasound is the most detailed prenatal ultrasound examination throughout the entire pregnancy. It systematically examines the organs and structures of the fetus, such as the skull, intracranial structures, thalamus, septum pellucidum, corpus callosum, cerebellum, posterior fossa, and cisterns, as well as the face (eyes, nose, and lips), chest, lungs, and heart. It also includes the abdomen (liver, kidneys, intestines, and bladder), and so on. It requires examining the proximal and middle limbs, such as the humerus, radius, and ulna, the femur, tibia, and fibula, but it does not examine the hands and feet, nor does it examine small organs, such as the thyroid. Therefore, the main part of this systematic screening is to examine the structures of the fetus's major organs.