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Increased echogenicity in the lower fetal abdomen: a common normal variant in the second trimester.
Author(s) -
Fakhry J,
Reiser M,
Shapiro L R,
Schechter A,
Pait L P,
Glen A
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1986.5.9.489
Subject(s) - medicine , abdomen , echogenicity , autopsy , fetus , second trimester , gestation , obstetrics , pregnancy , ultrasonography , anatomy , radiology , pathology , genetics , biology
Ten cases displaying a focal area of increased echogenicity in the lower fetal abdomen on prenatal sonography are reported. This was an isolated finding in each case. Nine cases were noted early in the second trimester. The last case corresponded to a postmature gestation. In all cases, a normal lower abdomen was documented on follow‐up prenatal sonography, at birth, or at autopsy. The authors believe that increased echogenicity in the lower fetal abdomen represents a normal variant that is more common than suggested by the literature. A possible explanation of this pattern is offered.