title: Ex utero intrapartum treatment to resection of a bronchogenic cyst causing airway compression.
abstract: We present a case report of a 28-year-old primigravida with a singleton pregnancy complicated by a fetal bronchogenic cyst compressing the left mainstem bronchus with resultant hyperinflation of the entire left lung and rightward mediastinal shift. An ex utero intrapartum treatment to resection of the fetal bronchogenic cyst via a fetal thoracotomy was performed at 36 weeks' gestational age, circumventing a potentially complicated neonatal airway emergency at birth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Colorado Institute for Maternal and Fetal Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo., USA.
authors.forename: Debnath
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Joy L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: Stig
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Somme
authors.forename: Henry L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Galan
authors.forename: Jeremy D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Prager
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Crombleholme
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D046128:Fetal Therapies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal