Sonographic appearance of intrathoracic kidney in a fetus with left diaphragmatic hernia.
Although prenatal diagnosis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia is not a rare event, detection of intrathoracic kidney in association is extremely rare. We present the sonographic findings in such a case. The postnatal outcome after successful respiratory management and surgical repair was good.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Nobuhiro
N
Hidaka
Yasuyuki
Y
Fujita
Yuka
Y
Satoh
Kotaro
K
Fukushima
Norio
N
Wake
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005333:Fetus; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*