LARGE CHORIOANGIOMA ASSOCIATED WITH HYDROPS-FETALIS - PRENATAL-DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT

Citation
C. Dercole et al., LARGE CHORIOANGIOMA ASSOCIATED WITH HYDROPS-FETALIS - PRENATAL-DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT, Fetal diagnosis and therapy, 11(5), 1996, pp. 357-360
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
ISSN journal
10153837
Volume
11
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
357 - 360
Database
ISI
SICI code
1015-3837(1996)11:5<357:LCAWH->2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A large chorioangioma located at the insertion area of the umbilical c ord was diagnosed at 19 weeks of gestation by ultrasound and color Dop pler ultrasound. This chorioangioma led to a progressively appearing h ydrops fetalis and to fetal distress. The infant presented at birth wi th edemas and ascites associated with severe hemolytic anemia and thro mbocytopenia.