A case of pulmonary hypoplasia associated with intrauterine brainstem necrosis

An infant with intrauterine brain death accompanied by pulmonary hypoplasia is reported. The fetus was delivered after 36 weeks gestation, 5 weeks after fetal movements ceased. The child died 4 h after birth. Pulmonary hypoplasia and remote brainstem necrosis associated with multicystic encephalomal...

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Published in:European journal of pediatrics 2001-11, Vol.160 (11), p.675-676
Main Authors: ENDO, Akihiko, MINATO, Michiyoshi, TAKADA, Masaaki, TAKAHASHI, Shigeru, HARADA, Kensuke, YAMADA, Tsutomu, TAKASHIMA, Sachio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Autopsy
Biological and medical sciences
Brain Death - diagnostic imaging
Brain Death - pathology
Brain Stem - diagnostic imaging
Brain Stem - pathology
Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy
Encephalomalacia - diagnostic imaging
Encephalomalacia - pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fetal Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Fetal Diseases - pathology
Gestational Age
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Lung - abnormalities
Lung - pathology
Medical sciences
Necrosis
Pregnancy
Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
Ultrasonography
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Summary:An infant with intrauterine brain death accompanied by pulmonary hypoplasia is reported. The fetus was delivered after 36 weeks gestation, 5 weeks after fetal movements ceased. The child died 4 h after birth. Pulmonary hypoplasia and remote brainstem necrosis associated with multicystic encephalomalacia were found at autopsy. These findings suggest that damage to brainstem respiratory centres had led to pulmonary hypoplasia through the absence of fetal respiratory movement.
ISSN:0340-6199
1432-1076
DOI:10.1007/s004310100810