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EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF DUODENAL ATRESIA AND POSSIBLE SONOGRAPHIC PITFALLS
Author(s) -
ZIMMER ETAN Z.,
BRONSHTEIN MOSHE
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(199606)16:6<564::aid-pd903>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - duodenal atresia , medicine , atresia , fetus , gestation , duodenum , peristalsis , intestinal atresia , gastroenterology , radiology , pregnancy , biology , genetics
The sonographic diagnosis of duodenal atresia and associated anomalies was made in a fetus at 15 weeks' gestation. A transient double‐bubble sign was observed in three other normal fetuses. Sonographers are cautioned that normal intestinal peristalsis may cause a false image of duodenal atresia.