IJAR - Indian Journal of Applied Research

Balamurugan P; Adaikkappan M

Volume : VI, Issue : III, March - 2016

Prenatal Sonographic findings of Complete Atrioventricular Septal defect Associated with Arnold Chiari Type II malformation A Case Study.

Balamurugan P, Adaikkappan M

Abstract :

Cardiac evaluation during routine second trimester scan, more cardiac abnormalities are detected. Cardiac abnormalities are associated with extra cardiac abnormalities in around 20% in prospectively conducted studies. Presence of combination of cardiac and extra cardiac abnormalities is associated with a risk of a chromosomal or genetic syndrome. Hence, it is important to do a thorough evaluation to look for an extra cardiac abnormality, when a cardiac abnormality is detected. The commonest extra cardiac abnormalities associated with a congenital heart defect include abnormalities of Central Nervous system, Gastrointestinal system, Skeletal and Urinary tract abnormalities. About 24% of the extra cardiac abnormalities are missed on prenatal scan.Here,we present a case of Atrioventricular septal defect(AVSD) with Arnold–Chiari Malformation, which has not been reported before, to our knowledge and as far as our search of literature goes.