title: Prenatal color and pulsed Doppler sonographic documentation of intrathoracic umbilical vein and ductus venosus, confirming extensive hepatic herniation in left congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
abstract: Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of an unusual case of a large left congenital diaphragmatic hernia is presented. The fetal stomach was located within the right thorax, posterior to the dextropositioned heart. Color and pulsed Doppler ultrasonography documented intrathoracic umbilical vein and ductus venosus vessels and respective waveforms, confirming extensive herniation of the left hepatic lobe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20016, USA.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Sherer
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Eglinton
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Queenan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D018617:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging