Acinar dysplasia: a rare cause of neonatal respiratory failure.
Acinar dysplasia is a rare cause of death in the first few hours of life, due to an absence of alveoli. This report presents the first case associated with additional major renal malformations. The diagnosis of acinar dysplasia was unexpectedly made at autopsy.


CONCLUSIONS
Even in the presence of antenatally diagnosed severe anomalies, autopsy may reveal diagnostically important information.
Gillespie
L M
LM
Neonatal Unit, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Fenton
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AC
Wright
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D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000473:pathology*