Prenatal diagnosis of annular pancreas: Reliability of the double bubble sign with periduodenal hyperechogenic band

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 483-490

  Dankovcik, Robert ^a,b   Jirasek, Jan E ^c   Kucera, Eduard ^c   Feyereisl, Jaroslav ^c   Radonak, Jozef ^b   Dudas, Marek ^a,d  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b L PASTEUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR THE CARE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Czech Republic)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D ultrasound; Annular pancreas; Differential diagnosis; Double bubble; Hyperechogenic band; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ANNULAR PANCREAS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUODENUM STENOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; KARYOTYPE; LAPAROTOMY; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENAL OBSTRUCTION; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PANCREAS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 56849124615     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000178759     Document Type: Article

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