Postnatal management of prenatally diagnosed abdominal masses and anomalies |
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| Authors: | Todd E. Heaton Kenneth W. Liechty |
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| Affiliation: | The Center for Fetal Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA |
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| Abstract: | Rapid advancement in fetal diagnostic imaging has increased our ability to diagnose a multitude of anomalies in the prenatal period. The purpose of this chapter is to review our current understanding of prenatally diagnosed intra-abdominal lesions, and describe the current guidelines for the postnatal management and subsequent outcome for these lesions. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | prenatal diagnosis abdominal mass fetal tumors postnatal management |
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