Antenatal and postnatal treatment of pleural effusion and extra-lobar pulmonary sequestration.
An infant is reported who was identified antenatally to have an extralobar sequestration and a pleural effusion. Chronic drainage of the effusion was achieved by placement of a pleuroamniotic shunt. After delivery the infant underwent several thoracocenteses and then definitive surgery to remove an extralobar sequestration. The postnatal course was documented by lung function measurements.
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Department of Child Health, King's College Hospital, London, U.K.
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D000328:Adult; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000196:embryology; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000196:embryology / Q000601:surgery*; D006831:Polyhydramnios / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013997:Time Factors; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol