Ex utero intrapartum treatment to resection of a bronchogenic cyst causing airway compression.

Abstract

We present a case report of a 28-year-old primigravida with a singleton pregnancy complicated by a fetal bronchogenic cyst compressing the left mainstem bronchus with resultant hyperinflation of the entire left lung and rightward mediastinal shift. An ex utero intrapartum treatment to resection of the fetal bronchogenic cyst via a fetal thoracotomy was performed at 36 weeks' gestational age, circumventing a potentially complicated neonatal airway emergency at birth.

• Authors: Debnath Chatterjee, Joy L Hawkins, Stig Somme, Henry L Galan, Jeremy D Prager, Timothy M Crombleholme
• Journal: Fetal diagnosis and therapy (Fetal Diagn Ther) Vol. 35 Issue 2 Pg. 137-40 ( 2014) ISSN: 1421-9964 [Electronic] Switzerland
• PMID: 24281263 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Topics

• Adult
• Airway Obstruction (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Bronchogenic Cyst (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Female
• Fetal Therapies
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Pregnancy
• Thoracotomy (methods)
• Ultrasonography, Prenatal