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Intra uterine sludge does not rule out anal ATRESIA
Author(s) -
Burke Yechiel,
Gilboa Yi,
Bronshtein Moshe
Publication year - 2018
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/pd.5203
Subject(s) - in utero , atresia , fetus , anal atresia , feces , medicine , obstetrics , pregnancy , surgery , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics
What's already known about this topic? It is known that the fetus defecates in utero. It is known that feces appear as sludge on ultrasound. What does this study add? The fact that the presence of sludge on a detailed scan does not rule out anal atresia.