title: Prenatal detection and evaluation of an extralobar pulmonary sequestration in the posterior mediastinum.
abstract: Extralobar pulmonary sequestration (EPS) is a rare developmental anomaly with aberrant nonfunctioning parenchymal tissue, associated with an increased risk of perinatal morbidity and, rarely, mortality owing to possible neonatal respiratory distress. In most cases supernumerary lobes are detected as isolated intra- or extrapleural lesions with independent systemic arterial blood supply. We report an atypical case of prenatal detection and perinatal outcome of a mediastinal EPS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: York
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Swartz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fielding
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed