Antenatal intestinal vascular accident with subsequent small bowel atresia: case report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A woman was referred at 25 weeks' gestation with decreased fetal movements. Ultrasound revealed a large solid fetal abdominal mass and gross fetal ascites. Amniocentesis and viral titers were normal. On subsequent ultrasound examinations, the mass and ascites slowly disappeared, but a small bowel obstruction developed. Spontaneous labor occurred at 35 weeks and the child was born with a distended abdomen. At laparotomy there was type 3 jejunal atresia, indicating that the fetal mass and ascites were secondary to this antenatal small bowel ischemia.
Medical subject headings
- Fetal Diseases
- Intestinal Atresia
- Intestinal Obstruction
- Intestine, Small
- Jejunal Diseases
- Ultrasonography, Prenatal