Table 4 Ultrasound characteristics, treatment, & outcomes in present & prior studies, n (%).

From: Prenatal diagnosis of fetal intraabdominal extralobar pulmonary sequestration: a 12-year 3-center experience in China

   

Present study

Prior studies

P

2005–2017

1986–2017

Subjects

  

21

43

US findings

Sidedness of the lesion: left

 

86% (18/21)

77% (33/43)

0.52

Hyperechoic

 

67% (14/21)

47% (20/43)

0.18

Hyperechoic with cysts

 

33% (7/21)

28% (12/43)

0.77

Prenatal detection of feeding artery

 

86% (18/21)

7% (3/43)

0.00

 

From ABD aorta

16

2

 

From ABD aorta’s branches

2

1

Associated anomalies

 

33% (7/21)

5% (2/43)

0.00

 

Cardiovascular

5% (1/21)

0% (0/43)

0.33

 

Diaphragmatic hernia

29% (6/21)

2% (1/43)

0.00

 

Digestive tract

5% (1/21)

5% (2/43)

1.00

 

Others

0% (0/21)

2% (1/43)

1.00

Treatment

Surgery

 

57% (12/21)

81% (35/43)

0.07

Abortion

 

43% (9/21)

2% (1/43)

0.00

Conservative observation

 

0% (0/21)

5% (2/43)

1.00

Outcomes

Survive

 

57% (12/21)

86% (37/43)

0.03

Demise

 

43% (9/21)

5% (2/43)

0.00

  1. ABD, abdominal; US, ultrasound.