Fetal Bowel Dilatation: A Sonographic Sign of Uncertain Prognosis

Abstract EN

Fetal bowel dilatation is an indirect sonographic sign of mechanical or functional bowel obstruction.

The etiology of fetal bowel dilatation is a difficult prenatal diagnosis since ultrasound has limited accuracy for bowel evaluation.

The authors describe a case of fetal bowel dilatation diagnosed in the third trimester.