Obstetric Ultrasound/FE Scientific and Case Report Session 1
Does prenatal assessment of degree of mediastinal shift in congenital lung malformations help predict need for emergent surgery?
Monday, April 8, 2024
10:06am – 10:13am
Location: 410
Authors: Roopali Donepudi, Baylor College of Medicine Brian Burnett, Baylor College of Medicine Meghana Nadella, Baylor College of Medicine Sneha Bhavanasi, University of Kansas School of Medicine Pamela Ketwaroo, Texas Children's Hospital Ahmed Nassr, Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children’s Hospital Sarah Peiffer, Baylor College of Medicine Ashley Montgomery, Baylor College of Medicine Alice King, Baylor College of Medicine ,
Large congenital lung masses can result in fetal or neonatal distress due to cardiac compromise and fetal hydrops. Predicting those lesions that need urgent perinatal intervention can improve outcomes. Presence of absence of mediastinal shift while important is not sensitive enough to predict the high-risk lesions. In cases of left sided lesions, measuring the mediastinal shift angle can help identify cases that need urgent intervention.