“Mr. Diego,” Dr. Salinas said, her eyes locked on the moving pixel field. “If your wife were seven weeks pregnant, the gestational sac would measure approximately twenty-two millimeters, and we would be visualizing an early embryonic pole with rudimentary limb buds.”
Dr. Salinas tapped the trackball, drawing three digital calipers across the screen.
*BEEP.*
The digital overlay on the right-hand margin recalculated the biometric indices in bright yellow text:
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METROPOLITAN OBSTETRIC FORENSICS // CLINICAL REPORT
# PATIENT: LAURA MENDOZA-VAZQUEZ (AGE: 34)
CLINICAL INDICATION: FIRST TRIMESTER GESTATIONAL DATING
CROWN-RUMP LENGTH (CRL): NOT APPLICABLE
BIPARIETAL DIAMETER (BPD): 38.4 mm (PERCENTILE: 51%)
FEMUR LENGTH (FL): 24.1 mm (PERCENTILE: 49%)
ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE (AC): 118.2 mm
ESTIMATED GESTATIONAL AGE: 17 WEEKS, 2 DAYS (+/- 4 DAYS)
ESTIMATED DATE OF CONCEPTION: NOVEMBER 4, 2025
STATUS: SINGLETON ACTIVE FETUS // MORPHOLOGY NORMAL