title: Fetal cardiac tamponade in a case of right-side congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intrafetal fluid collection is a rare ultrasound finding in fetuses with right-side congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our patient had a fetus with a large right-side congenital diaphragmatic hernia with a significant amount of the fetal liver herniated into the chest. At 31 weeks of gestation, the fetus had significant ascites and high-pressure intrathoracic fluid accumulation, hydrops fetalis, deviation of the mediastinum, and tamponade-like physiology that compromised cardiac function. Ultrasound-guided fetal thoracoamniotic and peritoneal amniotic shunt placement markedly improved the fetal cardiac function and resolved the hydrops. The patient delivered at 34 weeks of gestation because of preterm labor and the neonate had an uncomplicated diaphragmatic hernia repair 3 days after delivery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fetal thoracoamniotic shunting in selected cases of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with hydrops may improve the prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Fetal Intervention, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, the Division of Pediatric Surgery, Texas Children's Fetal Center and Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, and the Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Bahram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salmanian
authors.forename: Alireza A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Shamshirsaz
authors.forename: Darrell L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Cass
authors.forename: Pouya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Javadian
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruano
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ayres
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehollin-Ray
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Belfort
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D046128:Fetal Therapies; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D006876:Hydrothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy