PRENATAL COLOR AND PULSED DOPPLER SONOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF INTRATHORACIC UMBILICAL VEIN AND DUCTUS VENOSUS, CONFIRMING EXTENSIVE HEPATIC HERNIATION IN LEFT CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC-HERNIA

Authors
SHERER DM EGLINTON GS GONCALVES LF LEWIS KM QUEENAN JT
Citation
Dm. Sherer et al., PRENATAL COLOR AND PULSED DOPPLER SONOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF INTRATHORACIC UMBILICAL VEIN AND DUCTUS VENOSUS, CONFIRMING EXTENSIVE HEPATIC HERNIATION IN LEFT CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC-HERNIA, American journal of perinatology, 13(3), 1996, pp. 159-162
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
American journal of perinatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07351631
Volume
13
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
159 - 162
Database
ISI
SICI code
0735-1631(1996)13:3<159:PCAPDS>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of an unusual case of a large left cong enital diaphragmatic hernia is presented. The fetal stomach was locate d within the right thorax, posterior to the dextropositioned heart. Co lor and pulsed Doppler ultrasonography documented intrathoracic umbili cal vein and ductus venosus vessels and respective waveforms, confirmi ng extensive herniation of the left hepatic lobe.