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Amniotic fluid analysis in a fetus with laryngeal atresia
Author(s) -
Watson William J.,
Munson David P.
Publication year - 1995
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.1970150611
Subject(s) - amniotic fluid , fetus , medicine , fetoscopy , atresia , obstetrics , prenatal diagnosis , pregnancy , gynecology , anatomy , biology , genetics
Abstract Complete laryngeal atresia is a rare congenital malformation that is known to cause hypertrophy of the fetal lung in utero . A fetus with laryngeal atresia was found to have markedly immature amniotic fluid lung maturity studies at term. Inappropriately low amniotic fluid lung maturity studies may be an important clue to the diagnosis of this condition.