Midgut volvulus with hemorrhagic ascites: A rare cause of fetal anemia

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 352-354

  Noreldeen, S A ^a   Hodgett, S G ^a   Venkat Raman, N ^a,b  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal anemia; Fetal ascites; Fetal bowel dilatation; Volvulus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDGUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VOLVULUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ASCITES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 49949109522     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5223     Document Type: Article

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