Successful treatment of primary fetal hydrothorax with hydrops by pleuroamniotic shunt placement

Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2001 Mar;265(1):53-4. doi: 10.1007/s004040000128.

Abstract

We treated a case of primary fetal hydrothorax with hydrops. A pleuroamniotic shunt catheter inserted at 30 weeks accomplished resolution of hydrops and was maintained until cesarean delivery at 34 weeks with no need for further prenatal intervention. At age 9 months, the infant showed no effusion or pulmonary compromise.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amnion / surgery
  • Amniotic Fluid
  • Anastomosis, Surgical
  • Catheterization
  • Drainage
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Fetal Diseases / surgery*
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Hydrops Fetalis / complications*
  • Hydrothorax / complications
  • Hydrothorax / diagnostic imaging
  • Hydrothorax / surgery*
  • Pleura / surgery
  • Pregnancy
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal