Fetal Bowel Dilatation: A Sonographic Sign of Uncertain Prognosis.
Case Rep Obstet Gynecol 2015;
2015:608787. [PMID:
26819789 PMCID:
PMC4706883 DOI:
10.1155/2015/608787]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Fetal bowel dilatation is an indirect sonographic sign of mechanical or functional bowel obstruction. The etiology of fetal bowel dilatation is a difficult prenatal diagnosis since ultrasound has limited accuracy for bowel evaluation. The authors describe a case of fetal bowel dilatation diagnosed in the third trimester.
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