Should all healthy newborns with echogenic focus in bowel on antenatal scan be investigated further?

Date First Published:
February 2, 2010
Last Updated:
February 3, 2010
Report by:
S Raman, ST5 (St.Anns hospital)
Search checked by:
S raman, K Somasundarum, St.Anns hospital
Three-Part Question:
In [an otherwise healthy newborn with echogenic focus in bowel on their antenatal ultrasound scan] are [further investigations warranted] to [rule out serious undiagnosed illness]?