Research Article

Evaluation of Children with Congenital Lung Malformations Who Were Diagnosed in The Prenatal and Postnatal Period

Volume: 16 Number: 4 July 7, 2022
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Evaluation of Children with Congenital Lung Malformations Who Were Diagnosed in The Prenatal and Postnatal Period

Abstract

Objective: We aimed to compare clinical features of children with congenital lung malformations (CLM) who were diagnosed in prenatal and postnatal period.

Material and Methods: Children with CLM followed in our pediatric pulmonology department between 2007-2021 were evaluated in terms of sex, age, complaints at presentation, time of onset of symptoms, age at diagnosis, diagnostic methods, gestational ages, birth weights, parental consanguinity, presence of any operations, age and indications of operations and long-term complications. Children who were diagnosed in prenatal period and those in postnatal period were compared in terms of their clinical features.

Results: The mean age of 37 children with CLM was 6.7±5.8 years, and seventeen (45.9%) of the children were girls. Children who were diagnosed during the prenatal period (n:18) had no complaints, whereas cough and recurrent pneumonia were the most common reasons at admission in others. Median age at diagnosis of children who were postnatally diagnosed (n:19) was 30 days (10-1080). Eighteen (48.6%) children were diagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography, 14 (37.8%) by computed tomography, and five (13.6%) by chest X-ray. During follow-up, malformations of two children regressed spontaneously. Twelve children were operated while others were followed up with their anomalies. Asymptomatic follow-up duration of children who were prenatally diagnosed was significantly different than the children who were diagnosed in the postnatal period (36.5±4.7 vs 24.0±12.7 months) (p:0.004).

Conclusion: Children with CLM who were diagnosed in the prenatal period were found to remain asymptomatic for longer. Prenatal diagnosis enables them to live longer without symptoms with appropriate surgical timing.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

​Internal Diseases

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

July 7, 2022

Submission Date

December 9, 2021

Acceptance Date

March 17, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 16 Number: 4

APA
Ramaslı Gürsoy, T., Şişmanlar Eyüboğlu, T., Aslan, A. T., Karabulut, R., & Taştepe, A. (2022). Evaluation of Children with Congenital Lung Malformations Who Were Diagnosed in The Prenatal and Postnatal Period. Türkiye Çocuk Hastalıkları Dergisi, 16(4), 336-342. https://doi.org/10.12956/tchd.1034487
AMA
1.Ramaslı Gürsoy T, Şişmanlar Eyüboğlu T, Aslan AT, Karabulut R, Taştepe A. Evaluation of Children with Congenital Lung Malformations Who Were Diagnosed in The Prenatal and Postnatal Period. Turkish J Pediatr Dis. 2022;16(4):336-342. doi:10.12956/tchd.1034487
Chicago
Ramaslı Gürsoy, Tuğba, Tuğba Şişmanlar Eyüboğlu, Ayşe Tana Aslan, Ramazan Karabulut, and Abdullah Taştepe. 2022. “Evaluation of Children With Congenital Lung Malformations Who Were Diagnosed in The Prenatal and Postnatal Period”. Türkiye Çocuk Hastalıkları Dergisi 16 (4): 336-42. https://doi.org/10.12956/tchd.1034487.
EndNote
Ramaslı Gürsoy T, Şişmanlar Eyüboğlu T, Aslan AT, Karabulut R, Taştepe A (July 1, 2022) Evaluation of Children with Congenital Lung Malformations Who Were Diagnosed in The Prenatal and Postnatal Period. Türkiye Çocuk Hastalıkları Dergisi 16 4 336–342.
IEEE
[1]T. Ramaslı Gürsoy, T. Şişmanlar Eyüboğlu, A. T. Aslan, R. Karabulut, and A. Taştepe, “Evaluation of Children with Congenital Lung Malformations Who Were Diagnosed in The Prenatal and Postnatal Period”, Turkish J Pediatr Dis, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 336–342, July 2022, doi: 10.12956/tchd.1034487.
ISNAD
Ramaslı Gürsoy, Tuğba - Şişmanlar Eyüboğlu, Tuğba - Aslan, Ayşe Tana - Karabulut, Ramazan - Taştepe, Abdullah. “Evaluation of Children With Congenital Lung Malformations Who Were Diagnosed in The Prenatal and Postnatal Period”. Türkiye Çocuk Hastalıkları Dergisi 16/4 (July 1, 2022): 336-342. https://doi.org/10.12956/tchd.1034487.
JAMA
1.Ramaslı Gürsoy T, Şişmanlar Eyüboğlu T, Aslan AT, Karabulut R, Taştepe A. Evaluation of Children with Congenital Lung Malformations Who Were Diagnosed in The Prenatal and Postnatal Period. Turkish J Pediatr Dis. 2022;16:336–342.
MLA
Ramaslı Gürsoy, Tuğba, et al. “Evaluation of Children With Congenital Lung Malformations Who Were Diagnosed in The Prenatal and Postnatal Period”. Türkiye Çocuk Hastalıkları Dergisi, vol. 16, no. 4, July 2022, pp. 336-42, doi:10.12956/tchd.1034487.
Vancouver
1.Tuğba Ramaslı Gürsoy, Tuğba Şişmanlar Eyüboğlu, Ayşe Tana Aslan, Ramazan Karabulut, Abdullah Taştepe. Evaluation of Children with Congenital Lung Malformations Who Were Diagnosed in The Prenatal and Postnatal Period. Turkish J Pediatr Dis. 2022 Jul. 1;16(4):336-42. doi:10.12956/tchd.1034487


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