title: Prenatal MRI Diagnosis of Hirschsprung's Disease at 29 Weeks' Gestational Age in a Fetus with Heterotaxy and Polysplenia Syndrome.
abstract: Prenatal diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease is extremely rare and has only been suggested by ultrasound. This report presents a 29-week fetus with heterotaxy and polysplenia syndrome and prenatal diagnosis of nonrotation of the bowel and Hirschsprung's disease by fetal MRI. None of the previously reported findings in the literature suggestive of distal bowel obstruction were noted in this case. Rather, there was a diminutive size of the rectosigmoid compared to the rest of the colon. Fetal MRI has become an important tool in the fetal diagnosis of multiple anomalies and can aid in perinatal and immediate postnatal care of patients, such as those with Hirschsprung's disease.
authors: Children's Hospital Colorado, Colorado Fetal Care Center, Aurora, Colo., USA.
authors: Mariana L
authors: ML
authors: Meyers
authors: Timothy
authors: T
authors: Crombleholme
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005865:Gestational Age; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D059446:Heterotaxy Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal