Ex utero intrapartum treatment to resection of a bronchogenic cyst causing airway compression

Fetal Diagn Ther. 2014;35(2):137-40. doi: 10.1159/000355661. Epub 2013 Nov 21.

Abstract

We present a case report of a 28-year-old primigravida with a singleton pregnancy complicated by a fetal bronchogenic cyst compressing the left mainstem bronchus with resultant hyperinflation of the entire left lung and rightward mediastinal shift. An ex utero intrapartum treatment to resection of the fetal bronchogenic cyst via a fetal thoracotomy was performed at 36 weeks' gestational age, circumventing a potentially complicated neonatal airway emergency at birth.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Airway Obstruction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Airway Obstruction / surgery
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / surgery
  • Female
  • Fetal Therapies
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pregnancy
  • Thoracotomy / methods
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal