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EARLY SONOGRAPHIC DETECTION OF FETAL INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION AND POSSIBLE DIAGNOSTIC PITFALLS
Author(s) -
BRONSHTEIN MOSHE,
ZIMMER ETAN Z.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199603)16:3<203::aid-pd830>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - medicine , fetus , volvulus , intestinal atresia , prenatal diagnosis , atresia , gestation , duodenal atresia , pregnancy , gastroenterology , radiology , biology , genetics
We present five fetuses at 15–17 weeks' gestation with a sonographic diagnosis of intestinal obstruction. Dilation of the intestine was the presenting sonographic finding in fetuses with a volvulus and/or anal atresia. Two of the fetuses also had other abnormalities. Intestinal peristalsis may be observed in early pregnancy as transient dilation of intestinal segments. Sonographers are cautioned about a false‐positive diagnosis of intestinal obstruction in such cases.