All the following are seen in IUD except: (A) Spalding sign, (B) Robe sign, (C) Balls sign, (D) Hegar sign
Answer is D. Intrauterine death : Presence of gas in the fetal large vessels - Robes sign is the earliest sign seen 12 hrs after fetal death Ball sign - Crumpled up spine of the fetus or hyperflexion of the spine Spalding's sign -Overlapping of the fetal skull bones due to shrinkage of cerebrum after death of fetus. Ref:Dutta Obs 9e pg 303.