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Prenatal diagnosis of anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2006

Mi-Jin Jung
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Gachon Medical College, Incheon, Korea
Shi-Joon Yoo
Affiliation:
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children, Totonto, Canada

Abstract

We report a case of anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta that was diagnosed by fetal ultrasound at 21 weeks of gestation. The clue to the diagnosis was present in the three-vessel view, this being one of the views that we use for fetal cardiac screening. The anomaly was corrected surgically at 11 days of age. We discuss the importance of prenatal diagnosis in the management of this rare anomaly.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
2002 Cambridge University Press

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