title: Percutaneous laser ablation under ultrasound guidance for fetal hyperechogenic microcystic lung lesions with hydrops: a single center cohort and a literature review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the perinatal outcomes in hydropic fetuses with congenital microcystic pulmonary lesions that underwent percutaneous, invasive, laser therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  This retrospective study reviews the literature and our experience between 2004 and 2010. Characteristics of the cystic lung lesions, liquor volume (presence of polyhydramnios or not), localization of ablation (vascular vs interstitial) and gestational age at which the procedure was performed were related to outcome (survival).
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 16 fetuses with congenital lung lesions underwent 'invasive' percutaneous laser ablation, seven performed in our center and nine published cases. Survival rate was higher in fetuses with a subsequent postnatal diagnosis of bronchopulmonary sequestration (87.5%) compared with congenital adenomatoid malformation (28.6%; p = 0.04). The technique of vascular ablation was more successful (100%) than interstitial ablation (25.0%, p < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Percutaneous vascular laser ablation seems to be effective for bronchopulmonary sequestration in hydropic fetuses. Outcomes were worst following interstitial ablation for microcystic congenital adenomatoid with hydrops.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. rodrigoruano@usp.br
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruano
authors.forename: Marcos Marques
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Eugenia Maria Assunção
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Salustiano
authors.forename: Mark David
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kilby
authors.forename: Uenis
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tannuri
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zugaib
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005332:Fetoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*