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Large blood cyst causing severe left ventricular obstruction in a fetus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Andrew C. Cook ,
Nuala L. K. Fagg  and
Gurleen K. Sharland
Andrew C. Cook*
Affiliation:
Fetal Cardiac Pathology, Guy's Hospital, London
Nuala L. K. Fagg
Affiliation:
Fetal Cardiac Pathology, Guy's Hospital, London
Gurleen K. Sharland
Affiliation:
Departments of Fetal Cardiology, Guy's Hospital, London
*
Dr. Andrew C. Cook, Fetal Cardiac Pathology, Department of Histopathology, 2nd Floor Medical School, UMDS Guy's Hospital, London Bridge, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom. Tel. 44-171-955-4446; Fax. 44-171-955-4363.
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Summary

A case of left ventricular obstruction is reported in a fetus of 21 weeks gestation. Obstruction to the left ventricular inflow and outflow tracts was documented by prenatal echocardiography and, at autopsy, the cause was found to be a large blood cyst. It is likely that the associated hypoplasia of the left heart was a result of reduced blood flow beyond this obstructive lesion.

Keywords

Fetal echocardiographyblood cystcoarctationleft ventricular obstruction
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , April 1996 , pp. 171 - 173
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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