Antenatal small-bowel volvulus without malrotation: ultrasound demonstration and discussion of pathogenesis
- 15 February 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Pediatric Radiology
- Vol. 33 (4) , 263-265
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-003-0871-3
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 diagnosisKeywords
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