Neonatal pulmonary hypoplasia after prolonged leakage of amniotic fluid. Issue 5 (May 1976)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Perlman, M; Williams, J; Hirsch, M
• Is Part Of: Archives of disease in childhood. Volume 51:Issue 5(1976)
• Page Start: 349
• Page End: 353
• Publication Date: 1976-05
• Subjects: Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Infants -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.920005
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.51.5.349
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-9888

Abstract

Abstract : The clinical, radiological, and pathological features of the 'oligohydramnios tetrad' (Potter's facies, limb malpositions, pulmonary hypoplasia, and growth retardation) resulting from chronic amniotic fluid leakage are described in 2 infants who died of respiratory failure within 12 hours of delivery. A third infant with a partial form of the syndrome had prolonged respiratory symptoms and survived the neonatal period: the course of the disease and the radiological findings were compatible with a hypothetical diagnosis of partial pulmonary hypoplasia. Pulmonary hypoplasia should be recognized as a cause of chronic respiratory symptoms in viable infants.