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Sonographic diagnosis of fetal intestinal volvulus with ileal atresia: A case report
Author(s) -
Yu Wang,
Ailu Cai,
Bing Wang
Publication year - 2013
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/jcu.21896
Subject(s) - medicine , volvulus , intestinal atresia , atresia , fetus , ileum , general surgery , obstetrics , radiology , surgery , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Fetal intestinal volvulus is a rare life‐threatening condition usually manifesting after birth with most cases being associated with intestinal malrotation. It appears on prenatal sonography (US) as a twisting of the bowel loops around the mesenteric artery, leading to mechanical obstruction and ischemic necrosis of the bowel. We report a case of intrauterine intestinal volvulus with ileal atresia, suspected when US revealed a typical “whirlpool” sign at 37 weeks' gestation, with a segment of markedly distended bowel loops and small amount of fetal ascites. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 2013
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