First and Mid Trimester Ultrasound Diagnosis of Orofacial Clefts

Dr. Lakshmy Ravi Selvaraj is Consultant and Director of Shri Lakshmi Clinic and Scan Centre, Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu. She is the best outgoing student of 1993 Batch and gold medalist at Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem. She is one of the leading pioneers in the implementation of prenatal screening in a rural setup. She is an invited speaker in many national and international conferences. She has done exemplary work in imaging the fetal palate in first trimester and have delivered many lectures on the fetal palate. She has also presented papers including the “superimposed line sign”: a novel marker in early diagnosis of secondary cleft palate in ISUOG’s 2018 World Congress on ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology held at Singapore. In the last few years, Dr. Lakshmy SR has authored numerous insightful papers in the field of prenatal ultrasound diagnosis. Dr Thasleem Ziyaullah graduatedfrom PSG Institute of Medical Science and Research, Coimbatore and obtained her Masters in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital, Salem. She is university topper and gold medalist in her post graduation. She is a Consultant at Shri Lakshmi Clinic and Scan Centre and has co-authored more than fifteen mutual publications with Dr. Lakshmy SR. Her special areas of interest are first trimester evaluation of the fetus, screening for PE and FGR and infertility.

Orofacial clefting.- Embryology.- Classification of clefts / Nomenclature.- Sonoanatomy of palate at 11-14 weeks.- Described markers to detect first trimester palatine clefts.- Multiplanar imaging at 11-14 week.- Defining type and extent of cleft in first trimester.- Sonoanatomy of palate at 20 weeks.- 3D techniques to evaluate palate in second trimester.- Evaluation of facial cleft in second trimester.- Isolated cleft of palate.- Syndromes and associations [micrognathia].- MRI in orofacial cleft.