Atypical sonographic presentation of fetal unilateral inguinoscrotal hernia in a multiple gestation.
Ultrasonographic demonstration of bowel peristalsis within the fetal scrotum has been described as a pathognomonic sign of inguinoscrotal bowel herniation. We present the sonographic features and neonatal outcome of a fetus with a scrotal mass seen at 34 weeks of gestation in a twin pregnancy. This mass was diagnosed postnatally as a non-reducible inguinoscrotal hernia, in which bowel peristalsis had not been observed by real-time ultrasound in utero.
Sharma
Seema
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Perni
Sriram C
SC
Predanic
Mladen
M
Kalish
Robin B
RB
Zervoudakis
Ioannis A
IA
Chasen
Stephen T
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D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012611:Scrotum; D014310:Triplets; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal