1. Prenatal sonography of extracorporeal ductus venosus in association with large fetal gastroschisis
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Joselle O'Brien, Nawras Zayat, David M. Sherer, Aleksandra Zigalo, and Mudar Dalloul
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Fetus ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Omphalocele ,business.industry ,Gastroschisis ,Congenital diaphragmatic hernia ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,medicine.disease ,Extracorporeal ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Surgery ,03 medical and health sciences ,Prenatal ultrasound ,0302 clinical medicine ,embryonic structures ,medicine ,Hepatic vasculature ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,business ,Ductus venosus - Abstract
Liver herniation commonly associated with omphalocele occurs in only approximately 2.3% to 16% of fetuses with gastroschisis. Liver herniation in such cases is associated with considerably decreased survival rates (43% vs 97% with or without liver herniation, respectively). Rarely, abnormally positioned fetal hepatic vasculature has been reported mainly in association with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. In these rare cases, intrathoracic depiction of hepatic venous vasculature has assisted in confirming intrathoracic displacement of the fetal liver. We present a case of a large gastroschisis with complete herniation of the fetal liver in which prenatal sonography depicted an extracorporeal ductus venosus.
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- 2020
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