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Radiological Case of the Month
Patrick S. Ramsey, MD;
Diana R. Danilenko, MD;
Douglas P. Derleth, MD
From the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Alabama
at Birmingham (Dr Ramsey); and the Divisions of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (Dr
Danilenko) and Neonatology (Dr Derleth), Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, Minn.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:733-734.
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A FEMALE INFANT weighed 870 g at birth and had Apgar scores of 7 and
8 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively. She was born at 26 weeks' gestation to a mother with advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma.1 A histologic evaluation of the products of conception
revealed no evidence of malignancy. Immediately following delivery, the infant
developed moderate stridor, grunting, and nasal flaring. She was intubated,
received exogenous pulmonary surfactant, and was transferred to the neonatal
intensive care unit.
Ventilator assistance was discontinued on day 7 and she was subsequently
weaned from continuous positive airway pressure by day 23. Her hospital course
remained uneventful until day 54 when edema, discoloration, and proptosis
of the right eye were noted. Funduscopy demonstrated immature retinal vasculature
and no papilledema or proliferative retinopathy. Computed tomography of the
head revealed a soft tissue mass . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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