PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | intestinal volvulus |
| Phenotype | C0022116|ischemia |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 24147247 | The sonographic findings of fetal intestinal intussusception at term may include a “target-like” lesion; shimotake reported that this is a round hyperechoic area of fetal bowel mucosa surrounded by relatively hypoechoic ring of bowel wall.9 intussusception can lead to vascular impairment and bowel necrosis resulting in intestinal atresia; similarly, fetal intestinal volvulus may be complicated by ischemia and can lead to intestinal atresia.10 nijagal et al propose sonographic examination of the umbilical cord in fetuses with intestinal atresia to identify those at risk of hemorrhage.11 although our case did not reveal target-like lesion, umbilical cord ulceration, or fetal ascites on prenatal sonography, striking tubular dilatation of the digestive tract in third trimester suggested the development of fetal intestinal pathology (fig. |
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