title: Prenatal diagnosis of an intra-abdominal ectasia of the umbilical vein with color Doppler ultrasonography.
abstract: A cystic lesion in the anterior upper part of the abdomen was detected in utero by ultrasonography. Color and pulsed Doppler studies performed over the mass revealed a marked turbulent flow through the cystic lesion in connection with the umbilical vein, suggesting the existence of an intra-abdominal ectasia of the umbilical vein.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Fetal Physiology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arduini