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Transplacental passage of iohexol
A J Moon1, R W Katzberg, M P Sherman
1Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95616, USA.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|February 7, 2001
Abstract:
We describe the appearance of an iodinated, low molecular weight radiographic contrast agent, iohexol, in the intestines of twin neonates after administration to a pregnant mother during angiography. Nonionic contrast agents cross the human placenta and enter the fetus in significant concentrations and in this case facilitated identification of an omphalomesenteric duct cyst in one twin.