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Congenital ileal atresia presenting as a single cyst‐like lesion on prenatal sonography
Author(s) -
Kubota Akio,
Nakayama Tsuyoshi,
Yonekura Takeo,
Hoki Masanori,
Hirai Hisaya,
Kosumi Takuya,
Oyanagi Harumasa
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(200005)28:4<206::aid-jcu10>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - medicine , atresia , cyst , lesion , congenital disease , prenatal diagnosis , radiology , prenatal ultrasound , anatomy , pathology , fetus , pregnancy , surgery , genetics , biology
A routine prenatal sonographic examination at 37 weeks' menstrual age revealed a large sonolucent lesion with peristaltic movement in the abdomen of a fetus. After birth, the female infant showed progressive abdominal distention, and radiography showed a bubble‐like dilatation of the small intestine. Exploratory laparotomy revealed ileal atresia with nearby partial torsion of the dilated small bowel. The incomplete torsion may have functioned as a check valve, inducing segmental dilatation of the ileum without proximal dilatation. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 28:206–208, 2000.