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Prenatal diagnosis of an obstructive mediastinal bronchogenic cyst

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Chandrakant R. Patel
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University MacDonald Women's Hospital, and the Department of Pediatrics and Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland
Kevin L. Muise
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University MacDonald Women's Hospital, and the Department of Pediatrics and Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland
Marc M. Levine*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University MacDonald Women's Hospital, and the Department of Pediatrics and Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland
*
Dr. Marc M. Levine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. USA. Tel. (216) 844-3275; Fax. (216) 844 5478.

Summary

We report a patient with a mediastinal cyst compressing the left atrium that was diagnosed prenatally by fetal echocardiography. Postnatally, attempted aspiration guided by computerized tomography was unsuccessful. Because of respiratory distress, the cyst was removed surgically. Pathological examination revealed a bronchogenic cyst.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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