title: Growth of the fetal stomach in normal pregnancies.
abstract: Fetal stomach dimensions were measured sonographically in 152 fetuses with gestational ages ranging from nine to 40 weeks. Nomograms of the mean +/- 2 standard deviations (SD) for the longitudinal, anteroposterior, and transverse diameters of the fetal stomach were generated throughout pregnancy. A linear growth function was observed across gestational age, and a high degree of correlation existed between gestational age and the transverse (r = 0.809, P less than .0001), anteroposterior (r = 0.798, P less than .0001), and longitudinal (r = 0.749, P less than .0001) diameters. These data provide a method by which variations from the norm can be assessed, and offer potential prenatal diagnosis of a variety of gastrointestinal lesions.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Reece
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yarkoni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hobbins
mesh_terms: D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012016:Reference Values; D013270:Stomach / Q000196:embryology*; D014463:Ultrasonography