title: Role of the perinatal autopsy in evaluating unusual sonographic findings of intrauterine fetal death.
abstract: Three cases with an unusual sonographic presentation after fetal death are presented. In instances in which a complete autopsy cannot be performed, a plea is made for a sonographically directed necropsy of the organ system with a presumed congenital abnormality.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, Department of Ultrasound, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Macpherson
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Belfar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kislak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014463:Ultrasonography