Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Diaphragmatic Eventration by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-16992
• Publication Date: 2002-07-26T11:49:17Z
• Authors: Yojiro Tsukahara; Yasumasa Ohno; Atsuo Itakura; Shigehiko Mizutani
• Keywords: Abnormality; Thorax (insect anatomy); Diaphragm (acoustics)

Diaphragmatic eventration is a rare abnormality, which has the similar ultrasonographic features to congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Therefore, these two diseases are difficult differentiate from each other prenatally. We present here case in presence of was strongly suggested by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonography. A 26-year-old pregnancy woman, gravida 0, para week 35, admitted our hospital with an abnormality fetal thorax. MRI ultrasonography showed interesting helped it