Abstract
Prenatal diagnosis of congenital lung anomalies has increased in recent years as imaging methods have benefitted from technical improvements. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to illustrate typical imaging findings of a wide spectrum of congenital lung anomalies on prenatal US and MRI. Moreover, we propose an algorithm based on imaging findings to facilitate the differential diagnosis, and suggest a follow-up algorithm during pregnancy and in the immediate postnatal period.
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Alamo, L., Gudinchet, F., Reinberg, O. et al. Prenatal diagnosis of congenital lung malformations. Pediatr Radiol 42, 273–283 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-011-2303-0
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