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| asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy |
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Definition
| significantly narrow diameter of the chest in a fetus |
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| most comon lung cyst detected prenatally |
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| congenital bronchial atresia |
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| pulmonary anomaly that results from the focal obliteration of a segment of the bronchial lumen |
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congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation
(CCAM) |
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Definition
| abnormality in the formation of the bronchial tree with secondary overgrowth fo mesenchymal tissue from arrested bronchial development |
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congenital diaphragmatic hernia
(CDH) |
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Definition
| opening in the pleuroperitoneal membrane, which develops in the first trimester |
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Definition
| type of diaphragmatic defect that occurs posterior and lateral in the diaphragm; usually found in the left side |
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Definition
| diaphragmatic hernia that occurs anterior and medial in the diaphragn that may communicate with the pericardial sac |
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pleural effusion
(hydrothorax) |
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Definition
| accumulation of fluid within the thoracic cavity |
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Definition
| small, underdeveloped lungs with resultant reduction in lung volume; secondary to prolonged oligohydramnios or as a consequence of a small thoracic cavity |
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Definition
| extra pulmonary tissue is present within the pleural lung sac (intralobar) or connected to the inferior border of the lung within its own pleural sac (extralobar) |
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