title: A case of intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia with a massive pericardial effusion: fetal diagnosis and therapy.
abstract: Intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia is a very rare phenotype of neonatal diaphragmatic hernia which is thought to be caused by the developmental failure of the septum transversum. There have been only 10 cases reported since 1980, and among them, only 2 cases were diagnosed in fetal life. We herein report a new case that was diagnosed in fetal life, and pericardiocentesis was performed at 27 weeks of gestation. This is the first case to undergo a fetal interventional therapy. After birth, the patient successfully underwent closure of the hernia, despite severe pulmonary hypoplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. kanamori-psu@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanamori
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashizume
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomonaga
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goishi
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawana
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kozuma
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taketani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000601:surgery*; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D020519:Pericardiocentesis / Q000379:methods*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology*; D010641:Phenotype; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis