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Shadow In Baby's Lung During Pregnancy. What Could This Be?
I am 25 weeks pregnant and in a current ultrasound they found a shadow in the baby s lung ... what could this shadow potentially be? No one will tell us anything and I d like to know what all I could be looking at .. right now it s more stress having no idea how normal or dangerous this can be .. please help our appt with the specialist isn t for a week not sure i can wait that long knowing nothing ..thanks alicia
Mon, 8 Oct 2012
Hello.
Thanks for writing to us.
A shadow in the baby's lung could be an infection or an abnormal calcificaton. It is not necessarily related to a pathology. Further scans can only help in elaborating the type of patch.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you.
Regards,
Dr. Rakhi Tayal
drrakhitayal@gmail.com
Thanks for writing to us.
A shadow in the baby's lung could be an infection or an abnormal calcificaton. It is not necessarily related to a pathology. Further scans can only help in elaborating the type of patch.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you.
Regards,
Dr. Rakhi Tayal
drrakhitayal@gmail.com
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