Re: yolk sac
From: agarkushaua (agarkushaua@yahoo.com)
Fri May 25 12:56:14 2001
Thanx for interesting repetitorium on early pregnancy development, Terry.
Anatoli Garkusha, sonologist,
Ukraine.
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Subject: Re: yolk sac
> According to Moore & Persaud, DEVELOPING HUMAN: Clinically Oriented
> Embryology, W. B. Saunders, 1993 p. 40-46 & 70-80; what we see
> sonographically is actually the "secondary yolk sac". The "primary yolk
> sac" develops earlier (during 3rd LMP week, i.e. 9 days after conception)
> and is too small to visualize sonographically. The secondary yolk
develops
> around conceptual day 13 (start of 4 LMP week).
>
> You are correct in that the yolk is related to the formation of the fetal
> gut. Moore & Persaud has a great graphic representation of this process
on
> page 71. The amnion forms around the embryo and separates or "squeezes"
the
> yolk sac from the midgut and intraembryonic coelom at about 26-28 post
> conception.
>
> An interesting bit of trivia... I had always wondered what the "choronic
> cavity" outside the amnionic sac contained... I was sure that it was not a
> vacuuume, but could not find any reference other than "cavity". Finally
> during research for FETAL SONOGRAPHY, I found the answer in: Benirschke K;
> "NORMAL DEVELOPMENT", Chapter 4; in Creasy RK and Resnik R, Editors;
> MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition; W. B.
> Saunders Company, 1989; p. 117.
> "As the pregnancy progresses the thin amniotic membrane enlarges and will
> contain the embryo, the yolk sac will remain outside the amnion. See
Figure
> 16-12C. The amniotic sac with it's embryo, and the yolk sac are all found
> within the so called "gestational sac". This gestational sac is actually
the
> chorionic cavity. The chorionic space around the amniotic sac is filled
> "...by a gel that liquefies upon touching, the magma reticulare." This
magma
> reticulare has a slightly echogenic appearance when compared to the very
> clear amniotic fluid; see Figure 16-12C. The magma reticulare is also
called
> the "chorioamniotic accumulation" and is a normal finding before the
amnion
> and chorion fuse." See: DuBose, FETAL SONOGRAPHY, W. B. Saunders Co.,
1996,
> p. 370.
>
> Terry J. DuBose, M.S., RDMS, Assistant Professor
> Director, Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program
> CHRP, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
> Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
> 501-686-6510
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr. N. A. Mohile [mailto:namohile@satyam.net.in]
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 10:42 AM
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> Subject: yolk sac
>
> The round structure seen within the gestation sac by 5 weeks and called
yolk
> sac is visible even at 12 weeks outside the amniotic sac.Embryologically
> yolk sac forms the gut.Is this structure really yolk sac?
> -Nila.
