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Antenatal and postnatal treatment of pleural effusion and extra-lobar pulmonary sequestration

1996; De Gruyter; Volume: 24; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1515/jpme.1996.24.4.335

1619-3997

Vivien Chan, Anne Greenough, K. H. Nicolaides,

Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases

An infant is reported who was identified antenatally to have an extralobar sequestration and a pleural effusion. Chronic drainage of the effusion was achieved by placement of a pleuroamniotic shunt. After delivery the infant underwent several thoracocenteses and then definitive surgery to remove an extralobar sequestration. The postnatal course was documented by lung function measurements.