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Monday, September 3, 2012
Labor Day
This is a fetus with massive hydrocephalus in a patient with premature labor at 34 weeks. On digital examination, you palpate the orbital ridge, saddle of the nose, mouth, and chin.
The fetus has a face presentation (rather than vertex), where the neck is sharply deflexed so that the occiput touches the back and the face presents in the birth canal.
Labor Day
ReplyDeleteThe fetus has a face presentation (rather than vertex), where the neck is sharply deflexed so that the occiput touches the back and the face presents in the birth canal.
Source: UpToDate.