title: Internalization of pleuroamniotic shunt causing neonatal demise.
abstract: Internalization of a pleuroamniotic shunt previously has not been associated with significant fetal or neonatal problems. We report a case in whom the shunt internalized and compressed the lung hilum. A review of the complications of antenatal pleuroamniotic shunting is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Fetal Centré, Liverpool Maternity Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blanch
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Walkinshaw
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hawdon
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Weindling
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Velzen
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Rodeck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000650:Amnion / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006876:Hydrothorax / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy