Communicating bronchopulmonary foregut malformation 1a: imaging and approach

Autor: Nick Lansdale, David J. Wilkinson, Zahoor Khandwalla, Kristin Tanney, Edward Gasiorowski
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 105:444-444
ISSN: 1468-2052
1359-2998
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318681
Popis: A term baby was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit with respiratory distress. A presumed diagnosis of oesophageal atresia was made following failure to pass an orogastric tube. A thoracic ultrasound was performed, due to persistent right lower lobe changes on chest x-ray and worsening distress without abdominal distention. This identified a soft-tissue mass within the right thorax, prompting a CT (figure 1). This demonstrated an oesophageal atresia and …
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