OBJECTIVE: To discover the different underlying conditions in 2 fetuses suffering from temporary bowel ischaemia. METHODS: Abnormal bowel findings were detected using antenatal sonography. RESULTS: The abnormal bowel findings disappeared postnatally. Transient ischaemia of the fetal bowel due to different causes has been advocated antenatally to explain the abnormal findings. When a normal blood supply to the bowel has been restored, either in utero or after birth, the abnormal findings disappear. CONCLUSIONS: Whenever gut dilatation is detected in a fetus at risk of bowel ischaemia the possibility of a transient functional finding must be considered.
GHI T, TANI G, CARLETTI A, BASILE B, RIZZO N., PILU G, et al. (2005). Transient bowel ischaemia of the fetus. FETAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY, 20, 54-57 [10.1159/000081370].
Transient bowel ischaemia of the fetus.
GHI, TULLIO;RIZZO, NICOLA;PILU, GIANLUIGI;BOVICELLI, LUCIANO
2005
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To discover the different underlying conditions in 2 fetuses suffering from temporary bowel ischaemia. METHODS: Abnormal bowel findings were detected using antenatal sonography. RESULTS: The abnormal bowel findings disappeared postnatally. Transient ischaemia of the fetal bowel due to different causes has been advocated antenatally to explain the abnormal findings. When a normal blood supply to the bowel has been restored, either in utero or after birth, the abnormal findings disappear. CONCLUSIONS: Whenever gut dilatation is detected in a fetus at risk of bowel ischaemia the possibility of a transient functional finding must be considered.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
