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17352451

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
Microcystic or solid-looking fetal lung lesions associated with hydrops are associated with a high mortality rate. The most common of these lesions are microcystic congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations and pulmonary sequestrations (PS). Performing open fetal surgery by hysterotomy and lobectomy has, until now, been the only therapeutic option available following diagnosis of these lesions in the second trimester. Here we describe a new minimally invasive technique for the treatment of PS in the second trimester. Laser coagulation of the feeding systemic artery of the sequestration was performed under ultrasound guidance. The blood flow to the lung tumor was successfully arrested and hydrops reversed. The child was born at term and, at the time of writing, was alive and well at 2 years of age. Large PS with hydrops can be treated successfully by ultrasound-guided minimally invasive laser surgery. It is therefore important to utilize color Doppler ultrasound imaging for identification of a systemic feeding blood vessel in solid fetal lung tumors. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0960-7692
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2007 ISUOG.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
457-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Successful ultrasound-guided laser treatment of fetal hydrops caused by pulmonary sequestration.
pubmed:affiliation
Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. d.oepkes@lumc.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports