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- Title
Prenatal course and postnatal management of peripheral bronchial atresia: association with congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung.
- Authors
Peranteau, William H; Merchant, Aziz M; Hedrick, Holly L; Liechty, Kenneth W; Howell, Lori J; Flake, Alan W; Wilson, R Douglas; Johnson, Mark P; Bebbington, Michael W; Adzick, N Scott
- Abstract
Peripheral bronchial atresia (PBA), a newly identified fetal lung lesion, is often asymptomatic and managed nonoperatively. However, recent studies suggest that bronchial atresia plays a role in the etiology of microcystic maldevelopment present in congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations (CCAM) which require resection to decrease the risk of infection, pneumothorax and malignant degeneration. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prenatal radiographic and postnatal computed tomography (CT) scan/pathology findings with attention to the pathologic diagnosis of microcystic maldevelopment in infants with the presumptive diagnosis of PBA.
- Publication
Fetal diagnosis and therapy, 2008, Vol 24, Issue 3, p190
- ISSN
1421-9964
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1159/000151337