Isolated fetal ascites caused by bowel perforation due to colonic atresia

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-294

  Agrawala, Geetika ^a   Predanic, Mladen ^b   Perni, Sriram C ^b   Chasen, Stephen T ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic atresia; Fetal ascites; Meconium peritonitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; COLON ATRESIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ATRESIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; MECONIUM PERITONITIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ASCITES; COLECTOMY; COLON; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL ATRESIA; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MECONIUM; PERITONITIS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 22244431579     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500133516     Document Type: Article

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