TY - JOUR
T1 - Hyperechoic meconium in the third trimester fetus
T2 - An uncommon normal variant
AU - Paulson, E. K.
AU - Hertzberg, B. S.
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PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - Fetal meconium is usually hypoechoic or isoechoic to adjacent abdominal structures on antenatal sonography. Hyperechoic meconium is associated with pathologic conditions, such as meconium ileus, meconium peritonitis, and anorectal malformations. The authors describe three third trimester fetuses with hyperechoic meconium and a normal outcome. Although a prospective study revealed that this finding is very uncommon, hyperechoic meconium can be a normal variant, particularly when it is seen as an isolated finding late in the third trimester.
AB - Fetal meconium is usually hypoechoic or isoechoic to adjacent abdominal structures on antenatal sonography. Hyperechoic meconium is associated with pathologic conditions, such as meconium ileus, meconium peritonitis, and anorectal malformations. The authors describe three third trimester fetuses with hyperechoic meconium and a normal outcome. Although a prospective study revealed that this finding is very uncommon, hyperechoic meconium can be a normal variant, particularly when it is seen as an isolated finding late in the third trimester.
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U2 - 10.7863/jum.1991.10.12.677
DO - 10.7863/jum.1991.10.12.677
M3 - Article
C2 - 1766038
AN - SCOPUS:0026340660
SN - 0278-4297
VL - 10
SP - 677
EP - 680
JO - Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
JF - Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
IS - 12
ER -