Spontaneous postnatal involution of intraabdominal pulmonary sequestration

M Chowdhury; M Samuel; A Ramsay; J Constantinou; K McHugh; A Pierro

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.04.022

Spontaneous postnatal involution of intraabdominal pulmonary sequestration

J Pediatr Surg. 2004 Aug;39(8):1273-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.04.022.

Authors

M Chowdhury¹, M Samuel, A Ramsay, J Constantinou, K McHugh, A Pierro

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatric Surgery, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, England, UK.

PMID: 15300545
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.04.022

Abstract

Prenatal ultrasonography in 2 pregnant women identified a suprarenal echogenic mass. The lesions were treated conservatively and involuted with time. These masses were consistent with a suprarenal pulmonary sequestration.

MeSH terms

Adult
Bronchopulmonary Sequestration* / diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Pregnancy
Remission, Spontaneous
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography, Prenatal