Mandible

[Amandeep86]

Hi , i had my 20 weeks scan last week , yesterday i got call from hospital that they want to do another scan because they said fatal mandible mildly appears hypoplastic , i am just panicking at the moment because they booked scan for next week . Need suggestions please .

@Amandeep86

Hi , i had my 20 weeks scan last week , yesterday i got call from hospital that they want to do another scan because they said fatal mandible mildly appears hypoplastic , i am just panicking at the moment because they booked scan for next week . Need suggestions please .

Did you mean fetal mandible? I can't say I'm very familiar with this condition. Did the Dr provide any indication of severity?

DD has mild micrognathia.

Dr's like to pick it up as it can occasionally cause a newborn problems with feeding and more occasionally make breathing hard work.

In DD's case Drs were sure she had silver russel. [micrognathia plus severe IUGR followed by severe failure to thrive and stayed well below the 0.4th and a general 'elfin' look to her ] Her small jaw did not cause her problems with feeding or breathing but the neonatalogy team were there ready to catch her on delivery in case suspected mild turned out to be of more concern. [DD was term but had huge problems with hypothermic shock due to her tiny size. Her jaw size was the least of her problems TBH.]

She did need maxo-facial surgical work from 16 years due to a mix of micrognathia plus fiberous dysplasia in her jaw. That work took three years to complete but eventually allowed her to chew more foods and speak far more clearly. Just occasionally surgery may be needed for much younger children.

If further scans show there may be an issue there is support. CLAPA offer support to parents of children who need surgery to correct cleft lips, palettes and related syndromes. www.clapa.com/

Hope all goes well at your next scan and this is simply a check that all is as it should be.