A case involving a 20-week fetus with Down syndrome is described. Sonographic signs of trisomy 21 included a thickened nuchal fold, heart defect, short femur and humerus length, pyelectasis, hypoplasia of the middle phalanx of the fifth digit, and an abnormal facial profile.
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