title: Congenital chloride diarrhoea: a prenatal differential diagnosis of small bowel atresia.
abstract: We compared ultrasound findings and pre- and postnatal clinical signs in 8 patients with congenital chloride diarrhoea and 14 with small bowel atresia diagnosed in 1977-1991 in order to evaluate the possibility of a prenatal distinguishing diagnostic sign. In the patients with congenital chloride diarrhoea the pregnancy was complicated by marked polyhydramnios, the symphysis-fundus distance exceeded + 2 SD before gestational week 31 and the fetus displayed normal peristalsis in extensively dilated intestines and the "frog position". In the patients with small bowel atresia the symphysis-fundus distance was normal before gestational week 31 and the fetus displayed increased peristalsis in a few dilated intestinal loops.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lundkvist
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ewald
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Lindgren
mesh_terms: D002712:Chlorides; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006831:Polyhydramnios / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides