Antenatal small-bowel volvulus without malrotation: ultrasound demonstration and discussion of pathogenesis
We present a case of volvulus without malrotation in a twin fetus where serial antenatal US assisted in the diagnosis and ensured prompt postnatal surgical treatment. When a fetal subumbilical intestinal mass is seen, changing its echogenicity from complex to cystic, and associated with progressive...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Pediatric radiology 2003-04, Vol.33 (4), p.263-265 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We present a case of volvulus without malrotation in a twin fetus where serial antenatal US assisted in the diagnosis and ensured prompt postnatal surgical treatment. When a fetal subumbilical intestinal mass is seen, changing its echogenicity from complex to cystic, and associated with progressive proximal small-bowel obstruction and/or bowel perforation, small-bowel volvulus should be included in the differential diagnosis. |
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ISSN: | 0301-0449 1432-1998 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00247-003-0871-3 |