Abstract

JOVER LABISTE, Marina. Echographical diagnosis of a fetus with diaphragmatic hernia. MEDISAN [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.7, pp.868-872. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a 25 years patient with a pregnancy of 21 weeks is presented, referred to the Genetics Municipal Center in Santiago de Cuba for presenting altered alpha-fetoprotein (G3A1P1). The prescribed echography was carried out, in which an echo lucid image was observed at the thorax level similar to a mass, stomach absence in the abdomen, polyhydramnioses and decrease of the abdominal circumference; therefore, she was transferred to the Provincial Center of Genetics where she was evaluated by a multidisciplinary team which confirmed the diagnosis of diaphragmatic hernia in the fetus and, with the couple's consent, the interruption of pregnancy was decided

Keywords : gestation; fetus; alpha-fetoprotein; echography; diaphragmatic hernia.

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