title: Prenatal diagnosis of isolated right pulmonary agenesis using sonography alone: case study and systematic literature review.
abstract: Pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly, estimated to complicate around 1 per 15,000 pregnancies, in which there is complete absence or severe hypoplasia of one or both lungs, frequently associated with other abnormalities. A prospective prenatal diagnosis is a challenge, and a substantial proportion of cases are diagnosed by fetal magnetic resonance imaging, postnatal computed tomography, or postmortem. Thus, there are only a few reported cases of prenatal diagnosis in the literature. We report the prenatal diagnosis of isolated right lung agenesis diagnosed with sonography alone at a relatively early gestational age. We also present a systematic review of the literature for this condition to accompany this case study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fetal Medicine, Birmingham Women's Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, Birmingham, England.
authors.forename: Cesar H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Meller
authors.forename: R Katie
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Tarak
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kilby
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D055815:Young Adult