Please read over these instructions carefully to ensure all cases submitted adhere to the same general layout and guidelines.

General Instructions for Submission

  • Cases must be submitted in English
  • Proofread your submission: Make sure all words are spelled correctly, the appropriate words are capitalized, there are no double spaces, etc
  • Minimize or avoid abbreviations. For example, WG should be spelled out “weeks gestation,” or CSF should be spelled out “cerebrospinal fluid.” Appropriate abbreviations include APGAR, G1P0.

What should I include in the Case Report and Answer?

  • In the Case Report, include a brief description such as the age of the patient, pertinent past medical or family history, gestational age, pregnancy complications, etc. Please include your most demonstrative prenatal images and videos.
  • In the Answer portion, please include the correct answer as well as post-natal follow up information that confirms your diagnosis. For example, physical examination, genetic testing, surgical findings, post-natal imaging or photographs as appropriate. You may also include a discussion of your diagnosis with additional images/videos, diagrams, and tables as necessary.

How should I present my images and video clips?

  • Carefully select the best and most demonstrative images, and only include normal images if they are necessary to exclude a differential diagnoses.
  • Please remove all patient information
  • Add a caption describing the findings in your image in the Answer portion. Avoid giving too much information in in the Case Report or you may give away your answer. Captions in the Case Report may be left blank.

References such as books and medical journals should be formatted according to the Modern Language Association (MLA). Your reference can either be listed alphabetically or incorporated in the text using square brackets, [reference #].

Online references
Last name Author, First initial author. “Title of the article.” Name of the website. Website address, Publish date month/year.
ex. [1] Kniffin, C. “#310400 Myopathy, Centronuclear, X-linked; CNMX” OMIM. https://omim.org/entry/310400, Publish date 12/2014.

Article within a book
Last name author, First initial author, et al (if more than one author). “Title of Article.” Name of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, year of publication. Page numbers of article.
ex. [1] Carvalho, J. “Lesions of the Right Heart.” Fetal Cardiology. Boca Raton: CRC Press; 2019. pgs 309-329.

Article within a journal
Last name author, First initial author, et al (if more than one author). Title of Article. Journal title. Publication date; Volume (issue): page numbers.
ex. [1] Coco C, et al. An isolated echogenic heart focus is not an indication for amniocentesis in 12,672 unselected patients. J Ultrasound Med. 2004;23(4):489-496.

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