Titre
Imaging findings of bronchial atresia in fetuses, neonates and infants.
Type
synthèse (review)
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Alamo, L.
Auteure/Auteur
Vial, Y.
Auteure/Auteur
Gengler, C.
Auteure/Auteur
Meuli, R.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
ISSN
1432-1998
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2016
Volume
46
Numéro
3
Première page
383
Dernière page/numéro d’article
390
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Congenital lung malformations are increasingly detected before birth. However, bronchial atresia is rarely identified in utero and not always recognized in neonates. There are two types of atresia: 1) proximal, located at the level of the mainstem or the proximal lobar bronchi, which is extremely rare and usually lethal during pregnancy, causing a tremendous volume increase of the distal involved lung with secondary hypoplasia of the normal lung, and 2) peripheral, located at the segmental/subsegmental bronchial level, which may present as an isolated lesion or as part of a complex congenital malformation. Prenatal findings are mostly nonspecific. Postnatal exams show overinflated lung areas and focal bronchial dilations. The typical fluid-filled bronchoceles are not always observed in neonates but develop progressively in the first months of life. This pictorial essay describes the spectrum of imaging findings of bronchial atresia in fetuses, neonates and infants.
PID Serval
serval:BIB_B911F3E799A2
PMID
Date de création
2015-12-15T14:12:28.756Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-21T03:26:48Z