Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2009;25(7):1310-1312

doi:10.3321/j.issn:1003-3289.2009.07.054

Prenatal diagnosis of fetal pulmonary hypoplasia

Lizhu CHEN ; Ailu CAI ; Bing WANG ; Zeyu YANG

Keywords

Fetus; Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Ultrasonography,prenatal

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Pulmonary hypoplasia (PH) may lead to severe respiratory distress immediately after birth,even neonatal death. The etiological factors, clinical, ultrasonic and pathologic characteristics of PH and the proposed methods for the prenatal diagnosis were reviewed in this article.