title: Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of endocardial fibroelastosis secondary to aortic stenosis.
abstract: Endocardial fibroelastosis is characterized by a diffuse thickening of the left ventricular endocardium with or without other cardiac anomalies. This entity had been diagnosed prenatally previously (Bovicelli et al., 1984) at a gestational age of 36 weeks. A case of endocardial fibroelastosis due to aortic stenosis accompanied by pericardial effusion, ascites, and hydramnion, diagnosed ultrasonographically and confirmed pathologically at 21 weeks of gestation, is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Achiron
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malinger
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zaidel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zakut
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004695:Endocardial Fibroelastosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography