PRENATAL-DIAGNOSIS OF VASA PREVIA PRESENTING AS AMNIOTIC BAND - A NOTSO INNOCENT AMNIOTIC BAND

We describe a case in which the early antepartum diagnosis of vasa pre via was made in an asymptomatic patient by means of color Doppler ultr asonography. A woman, gravida 3 para 1 at 22 weeks' gestation, was dia gnosed as having an anterior low-lying placenta, a velamentous cord in sertion and an amniotic band with vessels traversing the internal cerv ical os towards a succenturiate lobe. At the 39th week, a Cesarean sec tion was performed and a healthy female baby was born. Transvaginal co lor Doppler flow imaging facilitated the accurate diagnosis of this co ndition.