Fetal Bowel Dilatation: A Sonographic Sign of Uncertain Prognosis

• Main Authors: Patrícia Silva (Author), Filipa Reis (Author), Paulo Alves (Author), Luís Farinha (Author), Manuel Sousa Gomes (Author), Pilar Câmara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Fetal bowel dilatation is an indirect sonographic sign of mechanical or functional bowel obstruction. The etiology of fetal bowel dilatation is a difficult prenatal diagnosis since ultrasound has limited accuracy for bowel evaluation. The authors describe a case of fetal bowel dilatation diagnosed i...