Second trimester prenatal findings in duodenal and esophageal atresia without tracheoesophageal fistula

J Ultrasound Med. 1994 May;13(5):375-9. doi: 10.7863/jum.1994.13.5.375.

Abstract

The combination of duodenal atresia and esophageal atresia without tracheoesophageal fistula leads to a closed loop of bowel involving the distal esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. Prenatally, this association of anomalies is visualized as a characteristic dilated C-shaped fluid collection in the fetal abdomen. We report three cases of the association of duodenal and esophageal atresia without tracheoesophageal fistula, identified sonographically in the second trimester of pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Duodenal Obstruction / congenital*
  • Duodenal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Duodenal Obstruction / epidemiology
  • Esophageal Atresia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Esophageal Atresia / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Atresia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intestinal Atresia / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Second
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula*
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal