Spontaneous pleural effusion in a human fetus.
Left sided pleural effusion was found in a human fetus spontaneously aborted at 20 weeks postmenstrual. Pulmonary hypoplasia associated with the effusion suggested that the fluid had been present for some time before delivery. Absence of other anomalies supports the view that the effusion was due to maldevelopment of the thoracic lymph channels.
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013909:Thorax / Q000473:pathology