Prenatal diagnosis of fetal enterolithiasis

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Methods A 42-year-old gravida 2 para 1 woman was referred to our tertiary perinatology centre at 18 weeks of gestation with findings of intraabdominal calcification and anhydramnios. She did not have any complaints and her past medical history was unremarkable. This was a non-consanguineous marriage and their 10 year old child was healthy. In the current pregnancy, she did not report any use of medications, had no history of fever or exposure to radiation. The patient did not recall any leakage of fluid, at admission, no evidence of premature rupture of membranes was found. The patient mentioned that a calcified mass in the fetal abdomen was detected at second trimester anomaly screening.

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تاریخ انتشار 2015