2002-06-25-12 Laryngeal atresia © Brodaty http://www.thefetus.net/
Laryngeal atresia
Geneviève Brodaty, MD, Bettina Bessières, MD, Luc Gourand, MD, Fernand Daffos, MD
Service du Dr Fernand Daffos, Médecine Foetale, Institut de Puériculture, Paris.
This is a 21-week old fetus with laryngeal atresia. You can compare these images with the case of right bronchial atresia (Case #68). Note the distended lungs, the distended trachea and the compressed heart.






This is the newborn:

Note the distended lungs deflecting the diaphragm caudally,



and the laryngeal atresia:

