Nuchal translucency test results Posted: 12-12-06 15:45pm
YESTERDAY I WENT FOR A NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY
TEST AND THEY SAID THE BACK OF THE NECK
MEASURED 3.1 IS THIS SOMETHING I SHOULD BE
CONCERNED ABOUT?
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Pregnancy Answer A2005 Posted: 08-08-07 07:01am
A nuchal translucency test is used to
calculate the risk of a fetus having Down
syndrome or another chromosome anomaly
and/or major heart defect. In this test,
the ultrasound is used to measure the
thickness of the tissue on the back side
of the fetus’s neck (nuchal region). The
nuchal thickness, together with your
pregnancy age and your age are then put
into a formula whose results calculate the
risk for the child to have Down syndrome
or some other chromosome anomaly. In your
case ,you didn’t give me enough data
(pregnancy age) to calculate the risk.
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