Premium
Abdominal wall defects: two‐ versus three‐dimensional ultrasonographic diagnosis.
Author(s) -
Bonilla-Musoles F,
Machado L E,
Bailão L A,
Osborne N G,
Raga F
Publication year - 2001
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.2001.20.4.379
Subject(s) - gastroschisis , omphalocele , medicine , abdominal wall , abdominal wall defect , ultrasonography , radiology , abdominal ultrasonography , fetus , pregnancy , surgery , genetics , biology
We diagnosed 12 cases of abdominal wall defects. The cases diagnosed occurred in 6 fetuses with omphalocele, 3 with gastroschisis, 2 with prune‐belly syndrome, and 1 with pentalogy of Cantrell. Except for 1 case of gastroschisis first diagnosed on the basis of three‐dimensional ultrasonography at 14 weeks' gestation, all cases were first detected by two‐dimensional transabdominal ultrasonography and then reevaluated with three‐dimensional ultrasonography using multiplanar and orthogonal plane modes. Although the original diagnosis was accurate on the basis of two‐dimensional ultrasonography in 11 of 12 cases, additional information was obtained by three‐dimensional scanning in all cases. Our experience suggests that in cases in which abdominal wall defects are first detected by two‐dimensional ultrasonographic scanning, the additional information gained by complementary three‐dimensional ultrasonographic scanning can be useful for more‐efficient counseling and postnatal therapeutic planning.