Prenatal diagnosis of bronchopulmonary sequestration at the 26th week of gestation: report of a case
Briseño Sainz, A.; Torres Montes, A.; Lima Rogel, M.V.; Uzziel Medina Serpa, A.
Ginecologia y Obstetricia de Mexico 68: 249-253
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-9041 PMID: 10939193 Document Number: 523878
A case report of a 18 years-old women on her first pregnancy, (26 weeks). US detected a live fetus with pulmonary sequestration diagnosis. On week 39 vaginal delivery occurred. A live newborn, Apgar 7-8 and Silverman 4-4 (one minute and five minutes respectively) was obtained. When diagnoses was confirmed, a surgical resection was performed (five days) and the child died at day-15 due to nosocomial sepsis. This case shows the convenience of prenatal diagnosis for management decisions.