Bronchopulmonary sequestration: prenatal diagnosis with clinicopathologic correlation

Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 1994 Oct;6(5):479-81.

Abstract

A patient was referred at 21 weeks' gestation for evaluation of an echogenic mass in the fetal right chest. Color-doppler sonography facilitated the diagnosis of a bronchopulmonary sequestration. Clinicopathologic correlation was possible after termination at 2.3 weeks' gestation. Pathologic examination confirmed the prenatal diagnosis and demonstrated the systemic vascular supply seen on color-doppler sonography. Color doppler is a useful adjunct in the sonographic evaluation of the fetus with an echogenic chest mass.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / pathology
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fetal Diseases / pathology
  • Fetus / pathology
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color*
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal*