Increased fetal abdominal circumference

Last revised by David Luong on 7 Feb 2022

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Luong D, Morgan M, Increased fetal abdominal circumference. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 20 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-52936

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-52936

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/52936

rID:

52936

Article created:

26 Apr 2017, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

7 Feb 2022, David Luong ◉

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At the time the article was last revised David Luong had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

3 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Obstetrics

Tags:

cases

Synonyms:

Increased fetal AC

Increased fetal abdominal circumference is usually given when the abdominal circumference lies above the 90^thpercentile. During the second and especially the third trimester, an increased abdominal circumference usually contributes to a high estimated fetal weight (large for dates fetus), which has been shown to be associated with maternal gestational diabetes. This is considered irrespective of the severity of maternal glucose intolerance ¹.