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. 2025 Oct 9.
doi: 10.1007/s10396-025-01578-5. Online ahead of print.

Transient appearance of honeycomb sign: a prenatal finding of intestinal malrotation without volvulus

Mika Nara  1 , Yoshihiro Yoshimura  2 , Hiroyuki Goto  2 , Motoyoshi Kawataki  3 , Toshiki Tajima  1 , Hajime Takayasu  4 , Daigo Ochiai  5
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Transient appearance of honeycomb sign: a prenatal finding of intestinal malrotation without volvulus

Mika Nara et al. J Med Ultrason (2001). .
No abstract available

Keywords: Fetal ultrasound; Honeycomb sign; Intestinal malrotation; Prenatal diagnosis.

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Declarations. Conflict of interest: Mika Nara, Yoshihiro Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Goto, Motoyoshi Kawataki, Toshiki Tajima, Hajime Takayasu, and Daigo Ochiai have no conflicts of interest to declare. Ethical approval: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions. Informed consent was obtained from this patient for being included in this study.

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