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Antenatal diagnosis of congenital chylothorax by gray scale sonography
Author(s) -
Defoort P.,
Thiery M.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870060114
Subject(s) - medicine , chylothorax , autopsy , radiology , ultrasound , fetus , pleural effusion , ultrasonography , hydrops fetalis , polyhydramnios , pleural cavity , prenatal diagnosis , obstetrics , pregnancy , surgery , pathology , genetics , biology
Abstract In a patient with hydramnios, fetal hydrops was diagnosed by B mode ultrasound. Gray scale sonography visualized fluid in the fetal pleural cavity. The diagnosis (congenital chylothorax) was confirmed at autopsy.