0 relating to the nape (= the back) of the neck:
Nuchal rigidity may indicate the development of meningitis.
First trimester screening for fetal aneuploidy: biochemistry and nuchal translucency.
Increased nuchal translucency at 10 + 14 weeks of gestation as a marker for major cardiac defects.
Screening for trisomy 21 in twin pregnancies by maternal age and fetal nuchal translucency thickness at 10-14 weeks of gestation.
All three cases had abnormal karyotypes and the latter case had nuchal oedema.
It is however, not always possible to determine the number of loops involved and whether the nuchal encirclement is complete or incomplete.
Thus increased nuchal translucency is an indication for specialist fetal echocardiography.
Increased nuchal translucency thickness at 10+14 weeks of gestation as a predictor of severe twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
Increased nuchal translucency thickness at 10-14 weeks of gestation is associated with chromosomal abnormalities and cardiac defects.
