http://knoahsarc.org/2006/12/15/the-baby-has-a-skeletal-dysplasia/ What is Normal? Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:08:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://knoahsarc.org/2006/12/15/the-baby-has-a-skeletal-dysplasia/comment-page-1/#comment-5 What is normal? » Blog Archive » Be Not Afraid- Wrong prenatal diagnoses Sat, 12 May 2007 16:43:15 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/disability/?p=5#comment-5 [...]  Thanatophoric Dysplasia is one. I mentioned loosely mentioned it in another post. TD is commonly referred to as “death seeking”. In laymen’s terms, Achondroplasia and Thanatophoric nearly mimic each other in utero. The only difference is the fetus’s chest measurement and limbs. Perinatologists can usually tell what dwarfing condition it is. In TD, the limbs of the fetus will always fall below the 5% percentile. In our world, on the baby, the inches between the babies foot and hip is about 3 inches. The baby’s chest will appear extremely small when compared to the abdomen. The fetus’s torso will have a pear shape. A baby with TD will not survive. The infant will succumb to suffercation. Their lungs are not able to fully devolpe because their chest cavities are so small. [...] [...]  Thanatophoric Dysplasia is one. I mentioned loosely mentioned it in another post. TD is commonly referred to as “death seeking”. In laymen’s terms, Achondroplasia and Thanatophoric nearly mimic each other in utero. The only difference is the fetus’s chest measurement and limbs. Perinatologists can usually tell what dwarfing condition it is. In TD, the limbs of the fetus will always fall below the 5% percentile. In our world, on the baby, the inches between the babies foot and hip is about 3 inches. The baby’s chest will appear extremely small when compared to the abdomen. The fetus’s torso will have a pear shape. A baby with TD will not survive. The infant will succumb to suffercation. Their lungs are not able to fully devolpe because their chest cavities are so small. [...]

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