Prenatal Diagnosis of Annular Pancreas: Reliability of the Double Bubble Sign with Periduodenal Hyperechogenic Band
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Prenatal diagnosis of annular pancreas: reliability of the double bubble sign with periduodenal hyperechogenic band.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the power of prenatal 2-D ultrasound examination in the 2nd trimester as a method of choice for accurate diagnosis of annular pancreas. METHODS Co-incidence of the double bubble sign (often accompanying gastroduodenal dilatation) together with a hyperechogenic band around the duodenum (corresponding with the tissue of annular pancreas) was used as a diagnostic criterion....
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عنوان ژورنال: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1015-3837,1421-9964
DOI: 10.1159/000178759