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Prenatal sonographic detection of intra‐abdominal extralobar pulmonary sequestration: Report of three cases and literature review
Author(s) -
White James,
Chan YuenFu,
Neuberger Sally,
Wilson Toni
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.1970140802
Subject(s) - pulmonary sequestration , medicine , echogenicity , radiology , diaphragmatic hernia , differential diagnosis , diaphragmatic breathing , ultrasound , prenatal diagnosis , biopsy , hernia , congenital diaphragmatic hernia , fetus , lung , pathology , pregnancy , genetics , alternative medicine , biology
Three cases of intra‐abdominal extralobar pulmonary sequestration detected antenatally by ultrasound are reported. One case was associated with a large left diaphragmatic hernia. Sonographically, all the cases were found in the left supra‐renal region presenting as a well‐defined echogenic mass with cystic hypoechoic areas. The condition should be considered in the differential diagnosis of all antenatally detected upper abdominal echogenic masses, particularly when associated with a diaphragmatic hernia. Postnatal ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in one case yielded respiratory type epithelium and this procedure could provide a reasonably confident diagnosis of the lesion.