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Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
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  18 weeks
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  Sonography demonstrated stomach and liver in the chest, indicative of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The heart was shifted to the right.
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  MRI confirmed finding of left-sided diaphragmatic hernia.
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    T1-weighted image.  
  21 weeks
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  Sonography of this 21 week fetus demonstrated a left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia with stomach and a portion of the liver in the chest.  
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  MRI showed hernia and demonstrated that, in addition to liver and stomach, small intestines are also present in the chest. Postnatal x-ray confirms diagnosis of cdh.
  22 weeks
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    T1-weighted image.  
  28 weeks
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  MRI demonstrated not only left-sided hernia, but also horseshoe kidney.
  31 weeks
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  MRI shows stomach, small bowel, colon, and one kidney in the chest.
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    Postnatal radiograph  
  34 weeks
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