Anyone experience a normal fetus with short femur.
2007-11-15 12:04:06 · 4 answers · asked by nicol r 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
It depends on how short the femurs are. If it is just measureing a little smaller than the rest of the fetus... it's probably okay. But if it is dramatically smaller, it would definitely point to a form of dwarfism or some other disorder that is not NORMAL.
2007-11-15 12:20:21 · answer #1 · answered by Songsdeli 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the problems in medicine is separating the abnormal from those at the upper or lower limits of the (Gaussian) curve. If an OB told a woman her fetus had short femurs, and could otherwise not determine a cause, the OB would, a) get another measurement within a rather short period; or b) refer the expectant mother to a perinatologist or to a genetic counselor.
2007-11-16 04:05:55 · answer #2 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
both femurs are short or just one?
a kind of dwarfism??? or a birth defect??
2007-11-15 12:07:17 · answer #3 · answered by diego~girl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
short leg u mean....femur is the your bone running from you knee (patella) to your hip (pelvis)
2007-11-15 12:07:16 · answer #4 · answered by Ross 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋