Antenatal sonographic findings in a case of intra-abdominal pulmonary sequestration.
This report describes the antenatal sonographic identification of a hyperechoic intra-abdominal mass in a 30-week fetus. The mass was proved by autopsy to be an extralobar pulmonary sequestration. Although a rare type of congenital malformation, pulmonary sequestration should be included in the differential diagnosis of an echodense intra-abdominal mass seen during antenatal ultrasound examination.
Weinbaum
P J
PJ
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
Bors-Koefoed
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R
Green
K W
KW
Prenatt
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D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis