Antenatal small-bowel volvulus without malrotation: ultrasound demonstration and discussion of pathogenesis

Pediatr Radiol. 2003 Apr;33(4):263-5. doi: 10.1007/s00247-003-0871-3. Epub 2003 Feb 15.

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 diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diseases in Twins*
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / genetics
  • Intestinal Obstruction / surgery
  • Intestine, Small* / diagnostic imaging
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal*