Hyperechogenic areas detected in fetal chest at routine ultrasound examination. Three cases.
Three cases of intrathoracic hyperechogenic areas on fetal ultrasound are described. Two apparently resolved spontaneously and the infants are alive at 1 year and 7 months, respectively. The third infant was found to have a pulmonary sequestration of the extra-lobar variety which required surgical resection.
Sands
R H
RH
St James' University Hospital, Leeds.
Lilford
R J
RJ
D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D013909:Thorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal