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Antenatal ultrasound at the level of abdomen showing gross fetal ascites.
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A transabdominal obstetric scan revealed mild fetal hydrops with moderate ascites (Figure1).
Antenatal ultrasound image at the level of mid-thorax showing bilateral, bulky echogenic lungs with centrally compressed heart.
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However, the heart was structurally normal (Figure 2).
US showing a dilated tracheobronchial tree and an abrupt cutoff of the laryngeal lumen.
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There was abrupt transition in the fetal laryngeal lumen with the dilatation of fluid-filled tracheobronchial tree, suggestive of laryngeal atresia (Figure 3).
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Coronal image showing everted diaphragm (blue arrow), dilated bronchi (black arrowhead), central heart (white arrow).
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Both fetal lungs appeared bulky and echogenic (Figure 4).
Bulky, echogenic lungs with everted diaphragm and mild ascites.
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The fetal heart was displaced to the center of thorax and appeared small in size (Figure 5).