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- Title
The rare solid fetal lung lesion with T2-hypointense components: prenatal imaging findings with postnatal pathological correlation.
- Authors
Srinivasan, Abhay S.; Johnson, Ann M.; Victoria, Teresa; Oliver, Edward R.; Laje, Pablo; Danzer, Enrico; Moldenhauer, Julie S.; Peranteau, William H.; Adzick, N. Scott; Pogoriler, Jennifer; Kreiger, Portia A.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>At fetal MR, congenital lung lesions are usually T2 hyperintense with respect to normal lung parenchyma. Some lesions, however, demonstrate unusual patterns of T2 hypointensity, sometimes in a rosette-like pattern. These lesions usually present a diagnostic conundrum.<bold>Objective: </bold>To evaluate the imaging findings and pathological characterization of fetal solid lung lesions with elements showing T2-hypointense signal with respect to lung.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>This is a retrospective study of lung lesions with elements showing T2 hypointensity treated prenatally and postnatally at our center and with available pathological evaluation. Prenatal imaging evaluation included US and MR; postnatal evaluation consisted of pathological examination of the lesion. We also performed prenatal and postnatal chart review.<bold>Results: </bold>Six cases met study criteria. Areas of decreased echogenicity/T2-hypointense signal were more conspicuous at MR than US. At pathology, these areas correlated with immature parenchymal development and increased mesenchymal tissue. Five of these lesions were congenital pulmonary airway malformations (CPAM); one was a congenital peribronchial myofibroblastic tumor (CPMT). The lesions did not significantly change in size after steroid administration. They were all large in volume and were associated with increased amniotic fluid. All cases of CPAM underwent premature delivery (one of them weeks after fetal surgical resection of the lesion for worsening hydrops); the fetus with CPMT was delivered at term. The neonate with CPMT succumbed shortly after birth secondary to lung hypoplasia; the remaining five neonates survived.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The differential diagnoses of prenatal lung lesions that contain unusual T2-hypointense elements include CPAM and CPMT. The T2-hypointense areas appear to correlate with increasing degree of immaturity at histology. None of the lesions significantly changed in size after prenatal administration of steroids. All cases with CPAM lesions did well despite persistent polyhydramnios and premature birth. The single case of CPMT, however, resulted in neonatal demise shortly after birth secondary to pulmonary hypoplasia. It is important that fetal radiologists, obstetricians and fetal surgeons alike are aware of these lesions so that appropriate diagnosing and parental counseling can be reached.
- Subjects
TUMORS; FETUS; LUNGS; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; POSTNATAL care; LUNG abnormalities; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; FETAL ultrasonic imaging; PRENATAL diagnosis; RESPIRATORY organ abnormalities
- Publication
Pediatric Radiology, 2018, Vol 48, Issue 11, p1556
- ISSN
0301-0449
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00247-018-4174-0