Abstract
Fetuses can survive with complete airway obstruction caused by placental gas exchange until birth when full ventilatory function is required. The authors present a case in which prenatal scans suggested that adequate ventilation would not be achievable because of the presence of an intrathoracic tumor. An EXIT procedure (exutero intrapartum treatment) was therefore performed, which permitted sufficient lung expansion for adequate ventilation.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Airway Obstruction / congenital
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Airway Obstruction / etiology*
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Biopsy
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Cardiac Output, Low / etiology
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Cesarean Section*
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Fatal Outcome
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Female
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Fetal Diseases / diagnosis
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Fetal Diseases / pathology
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Fetal Diseases / therapy
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Fetal Heart / embryology
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Gestational Age
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Heart Neoplasms / complications
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Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Neoplasms / embryology
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Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
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Heart Neoplasms / therapy
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Heart Septum / pathology
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Heart Ventricles / pathology
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Intubation, Intratracheal
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Laser Therapy
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Lung / embryology
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Male
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Neoplasm Invasiveness
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Pericardium / embryology
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Pericardium / pathology*
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Pericardium / surgery
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Polyhydramnios
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Pre-Eclampsia
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Pregnancy
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Pulmonary Surfactants / administration & dosage
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Pulmonary Surfactants / therapeutic use
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Rhabdomyoma / complications
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Rhabdomyoma / embryology
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Rhabdomyoma / surgery*
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Rhabdomyoma / therapy
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Sternum / surgery*
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Ultrasonography, Prenatal