Spalding sign (fetal demise)
Last revised by Mostafa Elfeky on 28 Jun 2024
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Gaillard F, Elfeky M, Carpenter G, et al. Spalding sign (fetal demise). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 06 Oct 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-2065
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- Spalding's sign
The Spalding sign refers to the overlapping of the fetal skull bones caused by collapse of the fetal brain. It usually appears a week or more after fetal death in utero.
This finding was originally described by Alfred Baker Spalding (1874-1942), an American obstetrician 2, on abdominal radiographs and is indicative of fetal demise.
References
- 1. Spalding AB. A pathognomonic sign of intra-uterine death. Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics 1922;34:754.
- 2. Alfred Baker Spalding. (n.d.) Medical Eponyms. (2012). Retrieved January 8 2018 from https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Alfred+Baker+Spalding
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