title: Fetal small bowel obstruction: report of two cases.
abstract: Fetal small bowel obstruction is usually diagnosed by sonography in the late second or early third trimester. We report two such cases of different etiology: a case of meconium ileus due to cystic fibrosis and a case of intestinal atresia. The only sonographic finding that allowed differentiation between them was the echogenic bowel in the case of cystic fibrosis.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Neonatal Care Unit, General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sigalas
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dafopoulos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galazios
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Liberis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nikolaou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Anastasiadis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008470:Meconium; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal