Fetal bowel dilatation
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Alhusseiny K, Elfeky M, Di Muzio B, et al. Fetal bowel dilatation. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 17 Feb 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-15061
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20 Sep 2011,
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- Bowel dilatation in utero
- In utero bowel diltation
- Antenatal bowel dilatation
Fetal bowel dilatation can occur from many causes, which include:
- intestinal atresias: mainly distal
- Hirschsprung disease
- megacystis microcolon hyperperistalsis syndrome 4
- congenital chloride diarrhea 4
- underlying gut evisceration
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References
- 1. Lau TK, Fung YM, Fung TK. Fetal bowel dilatation--report of 3 cases with different perinatal outcomes. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 1997;37 (3): 323-4. - Pubmed citation
- 2. Richards C, Holmes SJ. Intestinal dilatation in the fetus. Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. 1995;72 (2): F135-8. - Free text at pubmed - Pubmed citation
- 3. Grignon A, Dubois J, Ouellet MC et-al. Echogenic dilated bowel loops before 21 weeks' gestation: a new entity. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1997;168 (3): 833-7. AJR Am J Roentgenol (abstract) - Pubmed citation
- 4. Prayer D. Fetal MRI. Springer Verlag. (2011) ISBN:3540732705. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
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