Usefulness of fetal magnetic resonance imaging for postnatal management of congenital lung cysts: prediction of probability for emergency surgery

• Main Authors: Chiyoe Shirota (Author), Takahisa Tainaka (Author), Toshiki Nakane (Author), Yujiro Tanaka (Author), Akinari Hinoki (Author), Wataru Sumida (Author), Naruhiko Murase (Author), Kazuo Oshima (Author), Kosuke Chiba (Author), Ryo Shirotsuki (Author), Hiroo Uchida (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Emergency rescue lung resection is rarely performed to treat congenital lung cysts (CLCs) in neonates. Many reports have described fetal CLC treatment; however, prenatal predictors for postnatal respiratory failure have not been characterized. We hypothesized that fetal imaging f...