TY - JOUR T1 - Bowel loop sign in a newborn JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - 1 LP - 2 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2020-318939 VL - 106 IS - 3 AU - Salvatore Garofalo AU - Riccardo Guanà AU - Jurgen Schleef AU - Maria Grazia Cortese AU - Diana Carli AU - Liana Suteu AU - Giovanni Battista Ferrero AU - Fabrizio Gennari Y1 - 2021/05/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/106/3/1.2.abstract N2 - A 2870 g male infant was born at 36+1 weeks’ gestation by cesarean section due to mild polyhydramnios and a non-reassuring cardiotocography. An ultrasound at 31 weeks demonstrated transient hyperechogenic fetal bowel (HFB).At birth, the Apgar scores were 9 and 10. The abdominal examination was unremarkable.He spontaneously passed meconium. After 20 hours, he developed left hemiabdominal distension with visible dilated bowel loop sign (figure 1) and bile-stained vomiting.Figure 1 ‘Bowel loop sign’ on abdominal wall due to a segmental intestinal dilatation.Abdominal radiography … ER -