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Prenatal Diagnosis of Isolated Right Pulmonary Agenesis Using Sonography Alone
Author(s) -
Meller Cesar H.,
Morris R. Katie,
Desai Tarak,
Kilby Mark D.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.2012.31.12.2017
Subject(s) - medicine , prenatal diagnosis , pulmonary hypoplasia , agenesis , magnetic resonance imaging , lung , fetus , hypoplasia , pregnancy , gestational age , radiology , obstetrics , pediatrics , surgery , genetics , biology
Pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly, estimated to complicate around 1 per 15,000 pregnancies, in which there is complete absence or severe hypoplasia of one or both lungs, frequently associated with other abnormalities. A prospective prenatal diagnosis is a challenge, and a substantial proportion of cases are diagnosed by fetal magnetic resonance imaging, postnatal computed tomography, or postmortem. Thus, there are only a few reported cases of prenatal diagnosis in the literature. We report the prenatal diagnosis of isolated right lung agenesis diagnosed with sonography alone at a relatively early gestational age. We also present a systematic review of the literature for this condition to accompany this case study.