Diagnosis of Diaphragmatic Hernia with Associated Congenital Lung Lesions: Contribution of Fetal MRI

• Published in: Fetal diagnosis and therapy Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 111 - 115
• Main Authors: Costa, Fabricio, Kaganov, Helen, O’Mahony, Edward, Ng, Jessica, Fink, A. Michelle, Palma-Dias, Ricardo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2011
• Subjects: Adult; Female; Hernia, Diaphragmatic - complications; Hernia, Diaphragmatic - diagnostic imaging; Hernia, Diaphragmatic - pathology; Hernia, Diaphragmatic - surgery; Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Lung Diseases - complications; Lung Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Lung Diseases - pathology; Lung Diseases - surgery; Lung Volume Measurements; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Novel Insights from Clinical Practice; Pregnancy; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasonography, Prenatal; Ultrasonography, prenatal; Hernia, diaphragmatic; Congenital abnormalities; Cystic adenomatoid malformation of lung; Magnetic resonance imaging; Bronchopulmonary sequestration
• ISBN: 9783805597036; 3805597037
• ISSN: 1015-3837; 1421-9964
• DOI: 10.1159/000314830

This report describes 2 cases of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with associated congenital lung lesion which were diagnosed antenatally using ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We describe the antenatal imaging findings and the short-term postnatal outcome. Association of these fetal pathologies is rare and a challenging diagnosis. MRI supplements US in the evaluation of the lung parenchyma and its volume, in particular in the setting of distortion of the normal intrathoracic anatomy.