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- Title
Fetale Magnetresonanztomographie.
- Authors
A. Kilian; T. Schaible; K. Neff
- Abstract
Despite advancing therapeutic strategies, congenital cystadenomatoid malformation of the fetal lung is still a potentially life-threatening anomaly. Antenatally, the development of hydrops as well as the natural history of the malformation is of particular therapeutic and prognostic importance. Postnatally, respiratory distress due to pulmonary hypoplasia counts as a crucial limiting factor. Owing to its feasibility and practicability, as well as a high sensitivity, antenatal ultrasound is still the screening method of choice for the detection of fetal thoracic malformations. However, particularly in cases of indistinguishable sonographic findings, fetal MRI is the modality of choice for proving the diagnosis and preliminary appraisal of intensive care therapy and extra corporal membrane oxygenation postnatally. Furthermore, fetal MRI of ten facilitates assessment and planning of intrauterine surgical procedures. These two features frequently require a close transfer to an expert neonatal centre.
- Subjects
FETAL imaging; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; HUMAN abnormalities; THERAPEUTICS; ULTRASONIC imaging
- Publication
Der Radiologe, 2006, Vol 46, Issue 2, p133
- ISSN
0033-832X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00117-005-1319-6