Prenatal diagnosis of laryngeal atresia.
In a patient in whom preeclampsia developed at 23 weeks' gestation, ultrasonographic examination of the fetus showed enlarged edematous lungs, a compressed fetal heart, severe ascites, fetal hydrops, and placental edema. Autopsy of the hydropic stillborn infant showed laryngeal atresia. The ultrasonographic appearance of this rare malformation is presented.
Watson
W J
WJ
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7570.
Thorp
J M
JM
Miller
R C
RC
Chescheir
N C
NC
Katz
V L
VL
Seeds
J W
JW
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007830:Larynx / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal