title: Antenatal intestinal vascular accident with subsequent small bowel atresia: case report.
abstract: A woman was referred at 25 weeks' gestation with decreased fetal movements. Ultrasound revealed a large solid fetal abdominal mass and gross fetal ascites. Amniocentesis and viral titers were normal. On subsequent ultrasound examinations, the mass and ascites slowly disappeared, but a small bowel obstruction developed. Spontaneous labor occurred at 35 weeks and the child was born with a distended abdomen. At laparotomy there was type 3 jejunal atresia, indicating that the fetal mass and ascites were secondary to this antenatal small bowel ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Fetal Diagnostic Unit/Department of Paediatric Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kimber
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: MacMahon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shekleton
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yardley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001201:Ascites / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal