ABSTRACT

Congenital laryngeal atresia is a rare abnormality and prenatal diagnosis is difficult. Recent advances in fetal ultrasonography, have allowed laryngeal atresia cases to be diagnosed prenatally. We describe an 18 week –old male fetus with bilateral enlarged echogenic lungs, dilated airways. This was associated with fetal ascites and suggested possible diagnosis of laryngeal atresia. After therapeutic abortion laryngeal atresia was also confirmed at the autopsy.

Keywords: Laryngeal atresia, fetal ascites, dilated airways, echogenic lung