21/08/2026
Anomaly scan-āĻ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻŋ fetal clavicle-āĻā§ āϝāĻĨā§āώā§āĻ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ? đļđĻ´
Fetal anomaly scan āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž brain, spine, heart, limbs, long bonesâāϏāĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ systematically evaluate āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ bone āĻ
āύā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ easily overlooked āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ â the fetal clavicle.
āĻā§āύ fetal clavicle āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ?
đš Presence & symmetry â āĻĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āϰ clavicle āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ symmetrical āĻāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤
đš Length & morphology â abnormal shortening āĻŦāĻž unusual shape skeletal abnormality-āĻāϰ clue āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
đš Mineralisation & continuity â discontinuity, angulation āĻŦāĻž abnormal ossification āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠further evaluation āĻĒā§āϰā§ā§āĻāύāĨ¤
đš Shoulder girdle assessment â clavicle overall thoracic āĻāĻŦāĻ skeletal development assess āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
đš Skeletal dysplasia â hypoplastic āĻŦāĻž absent clavicle, especially other skeletal abnormalities-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞā§, āĻāĻŋāĻā§ skeletal dysplasia āϝā§āĻŽāύ cleidocranial dysplasia-āϰ suspicion raise āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ important pointâ
Clavicle-āĻāϰ abnormality āĻāĻāύāĻ isolated finding āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ interpret āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻŽāύ finding āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠skull, ribs, thorax, spine, long bones, hands āĻāĻŦāĻ feetâāĻĒā§āϰ⧠fetal skeleton systematicāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ reassess āĻāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰā§ā§āĻāύāĨ¤
Fetal imaging-āĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ diagnosis āĻāϏ⧠āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ abnormality āĻā§āĻāĻāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āύāϝāĻŧ,
āĻŦāϰāĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ anatomical details carefully examine āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§āĨ¤
Every bone tells a story â even the clavicle.