Early sonographic manifestation of fetal congenital lobar emphysema

Nizar Khatib; Ron Beloosesky; Yuval Ginsberg; Bentur Lea; Gur Michal; Zeev Weiner; Moshe Bronshtein

doi:10.1002/jcu.22674

Early sonographic manifestation of fetal congenital lobar emphysema

J Clin Ultrasound. 2019 May;47(4):225-227. doi: 10.1002/jcu.22674. Epub 2018 Dec 21.

Authors

Nizar Khatib¹, Ron Beloosesky^{1

2}, Yuval Ginsberg¹, Bentur Lea³, Gur Michal³, Zeev Weiner^{1

2}, Moshe Bronshtein^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ob/Gyn, RAMBAM Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
² Department OB/GYN and University of Haifa, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
³ Department OB/GYN and University of Haifa, Pediatric Pulmonary Institute, Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital, RAMBAM Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
⁴ Department OB/GYN and University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

PMID: 30575052
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22674

Abstract

Advanced fetal sonographic equipment has contributed to the increase in prenatal diagnosis of congenital thoracic malformations. Among these anomalies is congenital lobar emphysema (CLE), a rare congenital anomaly characterized by over distention and overexpansion of the involved fetal pulmonary lobe. Several studies addressed the prenatal diagnosis of CLE in mid second or early third trimester. The early prenatal diagnosis and the outcome of a case of CLE are reported in this study.

Keywords: congenital; lobar emphysema; lung; prenatal diagnosis; ultrasound.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Early Diagnosis
Female
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / embryology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimester, Third
Pulmonary Emphysema / congenital*
Pulmonary Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Emphysema / embryology
Ultrasonography, Prenatal / methods*

Supplementary concepts

Congenital lobar emphysema