Chapter 453 Meowing Syndrome

A crowd of people were waiting anxiously outside the door of the B-ultrasound room.

After seeing the camera, they were a little surprised, but their anxiety did not diminish, and some even gave them hostile looks.

Director Fan kept complaining. He also wanted to see the exchange between Ji Xiang and other directors. But in the situation in front of him, he probably couldn't get into it.

Invading other people's privacy and bringing along a camera crew is a mistake that no one would make.

"Director Kong?" Director Li shouted from outside.

"Wait a minute, it's time to check."

Director Li nodded and stood outside with Director Yang and Ji Xiang waiting for the inspection to end.

But I don’t know why, it was just a B-ultrasound, but Director Kong still didn’t come out after 10 minutes.

They are all wearing plain clothes, and it is inconvenient to enter, which may arouse resentment or even hostility from the patients' family members.

Director Li took out his cell phone and kept checking the time, looking at the door from time to time, but Director Kong just didn't come out.

After another ten minutes, a pregnant woman came out. Director Kong exchanged some words with the patient's family and then walked to Ji Xiang with a serious expression.

"You must be Dr. Ji Xiang." Director Kong stretched out his hand. Before Ji Xiang could raise his hand, he took his hand and shook it. "I heard from Li Ming that when you were in Magic City, you killed that old guy."

Curse immediately."

Ji Xiang smiled slightly awkwardly, not expecting that he would be praised by others even if he scolded someone.

But he knew exactly why.

"Don't make things difficult for Ji Xiang." Director Li said with a smile, "Change clothes and go to eat. You are such a smart guy, why does it take so long to do a B-ultrasound?"

"Don't mention it, I always feel that something is wrong, but I don't know where it is." Director Kong said doubtfully.

"Um?"

"The ultrasound showed a small amount of fetal pericardial effusion and a single umbilical artery." Director Kong said, "Deformity is a high probability, but the patient's family always takes chances."

Ji Xiang knew that generally, the fetal umbilical cord blood vessels have two umbilical arteries and one umbilical vein. However, the fetus has only one umbilical artery and one vein, which is called a single umbilical artery.

This phenomenon is relatively rare in humans, its mechanism of occurrence has not been fully elucidated, and its clinical significance is still under study.

It is generally believed that a single umbilical artery is one of the markers of abnormal fetal development. However, having only a single umbilical artery as a marker does not indicate abnormal fetal development, nor does it indicate fetal chromosomal abnormalities.

"Let's go for other tests. Why are you checking so carefully? No matter how much you look at, can you still see another artery and vein?"

"Let's go out to eat."

"Let the family go for a checkup. I'm going to change clothes. Please wait for me." Director Kong also knew that they were right and looked at Ji Xiang again.

Seeing that Ji Xiang was in a daze, which was different from the sharp and fearless image in the legend, Director Kong thought that it was probably because Ji Xiang's blood was rising that he pointed at Boss Qin's nose and scolded him.

As for normal times, there is no reason to show off one's teeth and claws when meeting others.

Moreover, the young man who can face Qin Chu's rising blood should be of good character.

This is also in line with his understanding of trained doctors.

"Director Kong." Just when Director Kong turned around to change clothes, Ji Xiang suddenly said.

"Well, what's wrong, Dr. Ji Xiang?" Director Kong asked.

"Do pregnant women have a history of severe vomiting in the early stages?"

Directors Yang and Li frowned slightly, is Ji Xiang so busy?

But Director Fan, who was not far away, perked up and made a gesture to the camera crew to follow.

"No." Director Kong replied calmly, "Pre-pregnancy patients don't feel much and have been working."

"What does she do? Has she been exposed to chemicals?" Ji Xiang asked again.

"Chemicals..." Director Kong obviously did not ask in such detail. He raised his head and glanced at Ji Xiang, "Doctor Ji Xiang, do you think it is necessary?"

"Yes." Ji Xiang replied seriously, "Although a single umbilical artery cannot be used as a sign of congenital disease, there is a small amount of pericardial effusion and a single umbilical artery combined. If the pregnant woman has a history of exposure to chemical substances, a fourth pregnancy can be considered.

Meowing cat syndrome.”

"What?"

"What?"

Directors Yang and Li were stunned for a moment. Fourth-born cat meowing syndrome, you heard it right, this name is too weird.

Director Kong's expression quickly became serious. He took a deep look at Ji Xiang, nodded slightly, and turned to communicate with the patients and their families who had not yet left.

"Dr. Ji Xiang, what is cat-crying syndrome of 4 fetuses? Did I call it the wrong name?" Director Li Ming didn't notice and asked directly.

"This disease is also called 5p partial monosomy syndrome. It is caused by the break and deletion of the end of the short arm of chromosome 5. It is an autosomal deletion disease.

It is called cat meow syndrome because the affected children make high-pitched, cat-like cries after birth.

In addition to specific crying, children often suffer from abnormalities such as intellectual disability, growth retardation, language impairment, congenital heart disease, intracranial lesions, and spinal deformities."

"..."

"..."

The two directors looked at Ji Xiang as if they were aliens.

If Ji Xiang's skills were high, they would admit it, but no matter how high he was, he still had to take a look at the B-ultrasound image.

Just hearing Director Kong say that there was a small amount of pericardial effusion combined with a single umbilical artery, could Ji Xiang make a diagnosis?

And it is a very unpopular diagnosis - cat meowing syndrome.

"If there is only a small amount of pericardial effusion, a single umbilical artery cannot be diagnosed, but if a pregnant woman has severe vomiting in early pregnancy or is an employee of a chemical factory, it can be diagnosed with a high probability."

Ji Xiang gave the explanation directly as if he knew what the two directors were thinking.

The two directors looked at Ji Xiang silently.

Director Fan's heart blossomed with joy, this is what he wants! This is it!!

This is what the audience wants to see!

He has vaguely seen that the ratings of the second episode have reached more than 5 million times across the entire network.

Done!

After communicating with the patient's family, Director Kong turned around and said to Ji Xiang, "Dr. Ji Xiang, the patient has no history of exposure to chemicals."

The two directors burst into laughter.

Ji Xiang's pretense failed. Compared with his previous vows, Ji Xiang is now a little embarrassed.

But it's no wonder that the information Ji Xiang knows is incomplete, and diagnostic errors are inevitable.

Director Fan was slightly disappointed.

"Then..." Ji Xiang pondered, he seemed to pause, and then asked, "Director Kong, I think the patient's hair seems to have been dyed. If the patient dyed his hair frequently for a long time before pregnancy, it can be considered as exposure to chemicals."

"frequently?"

"Looking at the type and frequency, I estimate that pregnant women should dye their hair at least once a week before pregnancy."

"Then I'll ask again." Director Kong was impatient and turned around to ask the patient and his family again.

This time, he came back quickly with bright eyes.

"Dr. Ji Xiang, you guessed it right." Director Kong said in a deep voice, "Pregnant women have had their hair done four times in half a year. Isn't this nonsense!"

Director Fan was stunned. There is actually a connection between hair styling and cat meowing syndrome?!
Chapter completed!