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Antenatal MR imaging of pulmonary lymphangiectasia secondary to hypoplastic left heart syndrome

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We report a case of pulmonary lymphangiectasia detected antenatally with MRI in a fetus with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and a restrictive atrial septum.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Mike Seed, Timothy Bradley & Edgar Jaeggi

  2. Department of Pathology, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Jacqueline Bourgeois

  3. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 1X8

    Shi-Joon Yoo

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Seed, M., Bradley, T., Bourgeois, J. et al. Antenatal MR imaging of pulmonary lymphangiectasia secondary to hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Pediatr Radiol 39, 747–749 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-009-1223-8

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