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Oesophageal Atresia

Clemence Desjardins RDMS 01 January 2001
Source: Platypus

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The absence of fetal stomach is the only ultrasound feature apart from polyhydramnios. A search for the stomach elsewhere, namely in the chest, is important to exclude diaphragmatic hernia. The presence of the stomach apparently on the wrong side should also be considered as is found in dextrocardia.

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