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ArticlePediatric radiology2012

Congenital high airway obstruction syndrome without tracheoesophageal fistula and with in utero decrease in relative lung size.

Rieko Furukawa, Toshinori Aihara, Yuko Tazuke, Kosaku Maeda, Tomoyuki Kuwata

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Article in Pediatric radiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors.

Rieko FurukawaDepartment of Pediatric Medical Imaging, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, Japan, 329-0498. rieppef-tym@umin.net
Toshinori Aihara
Yuko Tazuke
Kosaku Maeda
Tomoyuki Kuwata

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS) is diagnosed by characteristic features on US and MRI including fetal upper airway occlusion, lung hyperinflation with an inverted diaphragm, and sometimes massive ascites and hydrops. We describe a case of CHAOS in which improvement in the fetal condition was observed on three sequential fetal MRIs. Such an improvement was thought to represent decrease in intrathoracic pressure caused by a spontaneous perforation such as a tracheoesophageal fistula. However, a fistula was not observed in the present case. Therefore, we suggest that imaging improvements in patients with CHAOS do not always correspond to the presence of a fistula and other factors might contribute to decreasing fetal intrathoracic pressure.

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Airway ObstructionAtrophyDiagnosis, DifferentialFetal DiseasesHumansLungMagnetic Resonance ImagingPrenatal DiagnosisTracheoesophageal Fistula

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