[Clinical significance of echogenic amniotic fluid at term pregnancy].
OBJECTIVE
This study is aimed to determine the clinical significance of echogenic amniotic fluid.


METHODS
I surveyed 9 at term pregnancies in which the amniotic fluid was echogenic. Morphologic characteristics of amniotic fluid were assessed from samples taken at amniocentesis or upon delivery within one day after last sonographic examination.


RESULTS
In pregnancies with echogenic amniotic fluid, assessment revealed clear fluid in 4 cases (44.5%), vernix caseosa in 4 (44.5%), and meconium in 1 (11.0%).


CONCLUSIONS
Echogenic amniotic fluid on prenatal sonography is not predictive of fetal distress.
Malinowski
Witold
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Oddziału Połozniczo-Ginekologicznego Szpitala SP ZOZ w Kutnie.
D000328:Adult; D000649:Amniocentesis / Q000145:classification; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal