Intraabdominal pulmonary sequestration presenting with elevated urinary normetanephrine levels.
Carrying a prenatal diagnosis of a left-sided intraabdominal mass, a term female newborn underwent postnatal imaging that confirmed a left suprarenal mass. Urinary normetanephrine levels were elevated. Given a preoperative diagnosis of neuroblastoma, the baby underwent an uneventful resection of the mass en bloc with the left adrenal gland. The pathologic examination returned pulmonary sequestration and a normal adrenal gland. Postoperative urinary catecholamines were normal. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first description of a newborn with an intraabdominal pulmonary sequestration presenting with elevated urinary catecholamines.
Alaish
Samuel M
SM
Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Greenspon
Jose
J
Strauch
Eric D
ED
Sun
Chen-Chih
CC
D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009647:Normetanephrine / Q000652:urine*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
D002395:Catecholamines; D009647:Normetanephrine