Gynecology & Reproductive Health

Gynecology & Reproductive Health

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ISSN: 2639-9342
Case Report

Fetal Gastric Pseudomass: Case Report

Authors: Croce Paolo, Panzeri Lucia, Minopoli Monica, Perotti Donatella, Zanchi Silvia Maria, Benedetto Arena, Croce Michele

DOI: 10.33425/2639-9342.1113


Abstract

Second trimester fetal ultrasonography and, less frequently third trimester fetal scan, can reveal an intragastric well-defined, not vascularized, echogenic image, that spontaneously disappears in most cases. This image, called Fetal Gastric Pseudomass, seems to be the result of a still inadequate gastric peristalsis and / or an aggregation of epidermal, urothelial, amniotic cells, blood and fluff swallowed by the fetus. A careful fetal abdominal ultrasonography, can show the difference between the Fetal Gastric Pseudomass and pathological neoformations of the stomach and adjacent organs. Moreover, the exam can recognize any pathological pictures of the placenta too, eventually related to the FGP formation. This report shows an echographic image referred to a Fetal Gastric Pseudomass, suspected to be due to a previous endo-amniotic bleeding occurred between the 31st week and the 34th week, not clinically detected during pregnancy.

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Citation: Croce Paolo, Panzeri Lucia, Minopoli Monica, et al. Fetal Gastric Pseudomass: Case Report. 2020; 4(3). DOI: 10.33425/2639-9342.1113
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Zeev Blumenfeld
Zeev Blumenfeld
Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Ob/Gyn | Technion-Faculty of Medicine

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