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Sonographic appearance of intrathoracic kidney in a fetus with left diaphragmatic hernia
Author(s) -
Hidaka Nobuhiro,
Fujita Yasuyuki,
Satoh Yuka,
Fukushima Kotaro,
Wake Norio
Publication year - 2011
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.20887
Subject(s) - medicine , congenital diaphragmatic hernia , diaphragmatic hernia , fetus , diaphragmatic breathing , prenatal diagnosis , hernia , kidney , radiology , surgery , pregnancy , pathology , genetics , alternative medicine , biology
Although prenatal diagnosis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia is not a rare event, detection of intrathoracic kidney in association is extremely rare. We present the sonographic findings in such a case. The postnatal outcome after successful respiratory management and surgical repair was good. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2011
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