Bilateral congenital pulmonary airway malformation in an extremely preterm infant

Preethi Chandrasekaran; Stacy Goergen; Alice Robinson; Ali Moghimi; Atul Malhotra

doi:10.1136/bcr-2021-242228

Bilateral congenital pulmonary airway malformation in an extremely preterm infant

BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Apr 15;14(4):e242228. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242228.

Authors

Preethi Chandrasekaran¹, Stacy Goergen², Alice Robinson³, Ali Moghimi⁴, Atul Malhotra^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Monash Newborn, Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
² Monash Imaging, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
³ Fetal Diagnostic Unit, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Department of Anatomical Pathology, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Monash Newborn, Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia atul.malhotra@monash.edu.
⁶ Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Abstract

We present the case of a baby boy, with antenatal finding of bilateral enlarged echogenic lungs, who developed severe postnatal respiratory failure. Two important differential diagnoses, which have an impact on antenatal and postnatal management, are discussed. Fetal ultrasound, MRI and postmortem MRI images are presented and findings correlated with the autopsy findings.

Keywords: congenital disorders; neonatal intensive care.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital*
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Extremely Premature
Infant, Newborn
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Male
Pregnancy
Respiratory Insufficiency*
Ultrasonography, Prenatal