title: Magnetic resonance vs. sonographic imaging: diagnostics of a large congenital pulmonary airway malformation.
abstract: Sonographic scan revealed a homogenously hyperechogenic lesion in the right fetal lung with microcystic pattern by a primigravid women at 22nd weeks of gestation. A large congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) was suspected with a lesion-to-lung ratio over 90%. The microcystic image of this thoracic anomaly was moderately visible on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at that early stage of the pregnancy. Fetopsy confirmed the diagnosis as a pure microcystic CPAM following termination of pregnancy. A controlled prospective study could be performed to compare ultrasound as a diagnostic modality to the MRI, focusing on volumetry, signal characteristics, and follow-up/regression of fetal pulmonary malformations.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. kozinszkyz@yahoo.com
authors: Zoltan
authors: Z
authors: Kozinszky
authors: Attila
authors: A
authors: Keresztúri
authors: Norbert
authors: N
authors: Pásztor
authors: József
authors: J
authors: Daru
authors: János
authors: J
authors: Sikovanyecz
authors: László
authors: L
authors: Kaiser
authors: Péter
authors: P
authors: Milassin
authors: Attila
authors: A
authors: Pál
mesh_terms: D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*