Hyperechoic meconium in the third trimester fetus: an uncommon normal variant.

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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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Duke Authors

Hertzberg, Barbara Spector
Paulson, Erik Karl

Cited Authors

Paulson, EK; Hertzberg, BS

Published Date

December 1991

Published In

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volume / Issue

10 / 12

Start / End Page

677 - 680

PubMed ID

1766038

Pubmed Central ID

1766038

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0278-4297

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England