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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
We report on 2 fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in whom the fetal lung volumes were estimated by three-dimensional ultrasound and the results compared with the postmortem lung volume measurements. Both examiners (sonographer and pathologist) were blinded to each other's results. The 1st case was a right CDH diagnosed at 20 weeks of gestation. The 2nd case was a left CDH diagnosed at 22 weeks of gestation. Both pregnancies were terminated upon request of the parents. Three-dimensional ultrasound estimation of the fetal lung volume was performed 1 day before termination of pregnancy using the technique of rotation of the three perpendicular planes. The left and right lung volumes estimated by three-dimensional ultrasound were 3.88 and 1.87 cm(3), respectively, in the 1st case and 0 and 5.52 cm(3), respectively, in the 2nd case. On postmortem examination, the left and right lung volumes were 3.0 and 2.2 cm(3), respectively, in case 1 and 1.1 and 5.6 cm(3), respectively, in case 2. This suggests that a three-dimensional estimation of pulmonary volumes may be correlated with postmortem findings in cases with CDH.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1015-3837
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
87-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Can three-dimensional ultrasound be used for the assessment of the fetal lung volume in cases of congenital diaphragmatic hernia?
pubmed:affiliation
Maternité, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Université Paris V et AP-HP, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports