title: Transient bowel ischaemia of the fetus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discover the different underlying conditions in 2 fetuses suffering from temporary bowel ischaemia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Abnormal bowel findings were detected using antenatal sonography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The abnormal bowel findings disappeared postnatally. Transient ischaemia of the fetal bowel due to different causes has been advocated antenatally to explain the abnormal findings. When a normal blood supply to the bowel has been restored, either in utero or after birth, the abnormal findings disappear.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Whenever gut dilatation is detected in a fetus at risk of bowel ischaemia the possibility of a transient functional finding must be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MRI Section, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. tullioghi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Tullio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ghi
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carletti
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Basile
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: Gianluigi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pilu
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bovicelli
mesh_terms: D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000098:blood supply; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007422:Intestines / Q000196:embryology*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000196:embryology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D020127:Recovery of Function; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal