Small or absent fetal stomach: prognostic significance.

Abstract

An absent or small fetal stomach after 18 weeks gestation is associated with a guarded prognosis.

Persistent non-visualisation of the fetal stomach: diagnostic and prognostic implications

“…Pretorius et al 2 repeated ultrasonography at 30–60 min and 1 week. Both Millener et al 3 and McKenna et al 4 used a 45 min interval scan. Our patients were asked to wait at least an hour before a rescan.…”

“…This poses significant problems in diagnosis, counselling and management of these pregnancies. Only three publications have addressed this issue to date,2–4 the most recent of which was published over 15 years ago. All cases presenting to our unit over an 8-year period were retrospectively reviewed to define and quantify diagnoses and outcomes, and propose a management strategy for clinicians faced with non-visualisation of the fetal stomach on antenatal scans.…”

Fetal Abdominal Anomaliler

“…Onsekizinci gebelik haftasından sonra tekrarlayan incelemelerde midenin izlenmemesi veya küçük görülmesi özefagus atrezisi için tipik bulgu olmakla birlikte aynı durum kromozom anomalileri (trizomi 18, 21) ve diğer yapısal anomalilere (genitoüriner, kardiyak, kas-iskelet, santral sinir sistemi, boyun ve toraks kitleleri, yüz yarıkları) de eşlik edebilmektedir [7]. Bu durumda detaylı inceleme ile birlikte karyotip analizi de yapılmalıdır.…”

Imagerie du tube digestif fœtal

“…La sensibilité diagnostique est plus forte pour les atrésies de type I (sans fistule) : hydramnios, absence de poche gastrique sont les signes cardinaux. La symptomatologie prénatale des autres formes est souvent frustre : excès de liquide amniotique, poche gastrique de petite taille [24], visibilité inconstante d'une distension de l'oesophage cervical [25] ; parfois c'est la reconnaissance d'anomalie associée qui alerte et oriente le diagnostic [26]. Dans la moitié des cas, l'atrésie de l'oesophage est associée à des éléments de l'acronyme vertèbre, anorectal, cardiopathie, trachée, esophagus, limb defect (Vacterl).…”