Absence of the ductus venosus: report of 10 new cases and review of the literature

G Contratti, C Banzi, T Ghi, A Perolo… - … in Obstetrics and …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the clinical significance of the absence of the ductus venosus. Design A
retrospective study with a review of the literature. Methods The archives of our ultrasound …

The human fetal venous system: normal embryologic, anatomic, and physiologic characteristics and developmental abnormalities

SJ Fasouliotis, R Achiron, Z Kivilevitch… - Journal of ultrasound …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. The introduction of high‐resolution ultrasonography combined with color‐coded
Doppler imaging offered a breakthrough in the evaluation of the human fetal venous system …

Absence of ductus venosus—importance of umbilical venous drainage site

C Berg, D Kamil, A Geipel, T Kohl… - … in Obstetrics and …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the conditions associated with absent ductus venosus (ADV)
diagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography. Methods Retrospective review of 23 cases with …

Abnormalities of the fetal central veins and umbilico‐portal system: prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis and proposed classification

R Achiron, J Hegesh, S Yagel, S Lipitz… - … in Obstetrics and …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Anomalies of the fetal venous system are poorly documented and their
pathogenesis is not well understood. The present study was undertaken to review the …

Prenatal diagnosis of abnormalities of the fetal venous system

C Hofstaetter, H Plath… - Ultrasound in Obstetrics …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To present our experience in the prenatal diagnosis of anomalies of fetal veins
using high‐resolution color Doppler ultrasound. Design An observational study of 16 fetuses …

Fetal intra‐abdominal umbilical vein varix: what is the clinical significance?

TY Fung, TN Leung, TY Leung… - Ultrasound in obstetrics & …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the clinical significance of fetal intra‐abdominal umbilical vein (FIUV)
varix. Methods We reviewed all cases of FIUV varix diagnosed in a university hospital from …

Agenesis of the ductus venosus that is associated with extrahepatic umbilical vein drainage: prenatal features and clinical outcome

ET Jaeggi, JC Fouron, LK Hornberger, F Proulx… - American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Objective: We sought to study the clinical and ultrasonographic findings and outcomes of
fetuses with ductus venosus agenesis as the result of extrahepatic umbilical vein drainage …

Fetal prognosis in varix of the intrafetal umbilical vein.

W Sepulveda, A Mackenna, J Sanchez… - Journal of ultrasound …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
To assess the clinical significance of varix of the intraabdominal portion of the umbilical vein,
we reviewed 10 cases diagnosed prenatally by ultrasonography at a median gestational …

Application of three‐dimensional power Doppler ultrasound in prenatal diagnosis

R Chaoui, KD Kalache, J Hartung - Ultrasound in Obstetrics …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the fetal cardiovascular system using three‐dimensional power Doppler
ultrasound (3D‐PDU) in normal and abnormal conditions during the second half of …

Prenatal diagnosis of ductus venosus agenesis and its association with cytogenetic/congenital anomalies

P Volpe, M Marasini, G Caruso… - … in Affiliation With the …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives We present an observational study of 12 cases of anomalies of the umbilical and
portal vein systems associated with absence of the ductus venosus (DV) diagnosed over the …