Hyperechogenic fetal bowel: an ultrasonographic marker for adverse fetal and neonatal outcome

Article Abstract:

A hyperechogenic fetal bowel carries an increased likelihood of adverse outcomes. Hyperechogenic bowel is a rare ultrasonographic finding in which the bowel appears solid like bone. Among 182 cases of fetal hyperechogenic bowel, 111 infants were born alive with no anomalies. Ten infants were severely growth retarded. Nine had surgery for digestive tract anomalies. Two had signs of cytomegalovirus infection. One had fetal parvovirus infection, but symptoms resolved before birth. One infant subsequently died of sudden infant death syndrome. Twenty-four fetuses died before birth. The pregnancy was terminated in 23 cases. In 18 cases there were additional fetal anomalies; in five, the parents ended the pregnancy despite no evidence of an anomaly. Chromosomal analysis identified one fetus with cystic fibrosis and nine cystic fibrosis carriers. Of the nine, one died before birth, one pregnancy was terminated, seven did not have cystic fibrosis, but two required intestinal surgery.

Diagnosis, Intestines, Down syndrome, Chromosome abnormalities, Cystic fibrosis

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Nonimmune fetal ascites: a series of 79 cases

Article Abstract:

A study to analyze the precision of ultrasonography in defining the cause and prognosis in fetal ascites is conducted using 79 cases of fetal ascites. Routine ultrasonography detects fetal ascites but its cause is extremely variable and difficult to specify and the prognosis is poor when it is associated with fetal hydrops.

Science & research, Research, Usage, Ascites, Fetal diseases

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Paris heat wave and oligohydramnios

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to determine the frequency of oligohydramnios in term pregnancies during the Paris heat wave of 2003. It was found that this frequency was substantially higher than the rate of oligohydramnios in normal term pregnancies in August 2002.

Causes of, Influence, Hot weather, Oligohydramnios

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