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Familial recurrence of pulmonary sequestration
A Z Abuhamad1, T Bass, M E Katz
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, USA.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
|May 1, 1996
Abstract
Background:
Pulmonary sequestration is not believed to be familial. We report two male infants with this anomaly who were born to the same parents.
Cases:
The prenatal diagnosis of pulmonary sequestration was made in a woman's two consecutive pregnancies by demonstrating systemic arterial supply to an echogenic mass located in the left lower lung of each fetus. Postnatal radiographic evaluation confirmed the prenatal diagnoses.
Conclusion:
Recurrent pulmonary sequestration in two male offspring from the same parents raises the possibility of a genetic predisposition for this condition.