Get your full text copy in PDF

Sonographic assessment of fetal deglutition in polyhydramnios

Theoharis Tantanasis, Charalambos Giannoulis, Alexandros Sotiriadis, Ioachim Stergioudas, John M. Tzafettas

Am J Case Rep 2010; 11:147-149

ID: 881137

Background: Impaired fetal deglutition may underlie some cases with apparently isolated polyhydramnios.
Case Reports: Fetal deglutition movements were examined sonographically in 12 fetuses with polyhydramnios. There were 2 cases of polyhydramnios in which no fetal deglutition could be detected (2/12; 17%). In the first case, ascites developed at 29 weeks, and the fetus died in utero at 32 weeks. The second fetus was delivered at 33 weeks by cesarean section. After 2 weeks of parenteral nutrition, the infant was capable of swallowing. No neurological damage was verified.
Conclusions: Fetuses with polyhydramnios and impaired swallowing may warrant a higher degree of antenatal and perinatal surveillance.

This paper has been published under Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) allowing to download articles and share them with others as long as they credit the authors and the publisher, but without permission to change them in any way or use them commercially.

I agree