ANTENATAL INTESTINAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT WITH SUBSEQUENT SMALL-BOWEL ATRESIA - CASE-REPORT

A woman was referred at 25 weeks' gestation with decreased fetal movem ents. Ultrasound revealed a large solid fetal abdominal mass and gross fetal ascites. Amniocentesis and viral titers were normal. On subsequ ent ultrasound examinations, the mass and ascites slowly disappeared, but a small bowel obstruction developed. Spontaneous labor occurred at 35 weeks and the child was born with a distended abdomen. Ar laparoto my there was type 3 jejunal atresia, indicating that the fetal mass an d ascites were secondary to this antenatal small bowel ischemia.