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Article Dans Une Revue Prenatal Diagnosis Année : 2023

Less‐invasive autopsy for early pregnancy loss

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Abstract Autopsy investigations provide valuable information regarding fetal death that can assist in the parental bereavement process, and influence future pregnancies, but conventional autopsy is often declined by parents because of its invasive approach. This has led to the development of less‐invasive autopsy investigations based on imaging technology to provide a more accessible and acceptable choice for parents when investigating their loss. Whilst the development and use of more conventional clinical imaging techniques (radiographs, CT, MRI, US) are well described in the literature for fetuses over 20 weeks of gestational age, these investigations have limited diagnostic accuracy in imaging smaller fetuses. Techniques such as ultra‐high‐field MRI (>3T) and micro‐focus computed tomography have been shown to have higher diagnostic accuracy whilst still being acceptable to parents. By further developing and increasing the availability of these more innovative imaging techniques, parents will be provided with a greater choice of acceptable options to investigate their loss, which may in turn increase their uptake. We provide a narrative review focussing on the development of high‐resolution, non‐invasive imaging techniques to evaluate early gestational pregnancy loss.

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hal-04214989 , version 1 (22-09-2023)

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Ian Simcock, Audrey Lamouroux, Neil Sebire, Susan Shelmerdine, Owen Arthurs. Less‐invasive autopsy for early pregnancy loss. Prenatal Diagnosis, 2023, 43 (7), pp.937-949. ⟨10.1002/pd.6361⟩. ⟨hal-04214989⟩

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