shortened fetal long bones
Shortened fetal long bones (SFLB) can involve either the upper limb and/or the lower limb. It is a broad descriptive entity which can include
- short fetal femur
- short fetal humerus
- short fetal tibia-fibula
- short fetal radius - ulna
Pathology
Associations
- the presence of shorted fetal long bones can be associated with an underlying skeletal dysplasia .
- is also sometimes considered as a soft marker for aneuploidic anomalies.