Scientific article
Case report
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Antenatal small-bowel volvulus without malrotation: ultrasound demonstration and discussion of pathogenesis

Published inPediatric radiology, vol. 33, no. 4, p. 263-265
Publication date2003
Abstract

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.

Keywords
  • Diseases in Twins
  • Fetal Diseases/ultrasonography
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intestinal Obstruction/genetics/surgery/ultrasonography
  • Intestine, Small/ultrasonography
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal
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JEQUIER, Sigrid et al. Antenatal small-bowel volvulus without malrotation: ultrasound demonstration and discussion of pathogenesis. In: Pediatric radiology, 2003, vol. 33, n° 4, p. 263–265. doi: 10.1007/s00247-003-0871-3
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