Giant placental chorioangioma with favorable outcome: a case report and literature review of literature
Language English Country Czech Republic Media print
Document type Case Reports, Journal Article
PubMed
25944604
PII: 52015
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- chorioangioma, magnetic resonance imaging., placental, pregnancy, ultrasound,
- MeSH
- Diagnosis, Differential MeSH
- Hemangioma diagnosis diagnostic imaging pathology surgery MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic diagnosis diagnostic imaging pathology MeSH
- Placenta Diseases MeSH
- Infant, Newborn MeSH
- Pregnancy MeSH
- Ultrasonography, Prenatal * MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Infant, Newborn MeSH
- Pregnancy MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Case Reports MeSH
OBJECTIVE: To describe a case of prenatal diagnosis of a giant placental chorioangioma with favorable outcome. DESIGN: A case report. SETTING: Gynecology and Obstetrics Service, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba-MG, Brazil. CASE REPORT: The placental chorioangioma is the most common benign tumor, but the type giant has a small prevalence, ranging from 1:16.000 to 1:50.000 pregnancies. We reported a case of a patient aged 18, pregnant for the first time, who performed a routine obstetric ultrasound was found to have polyhydramnios associated with placental vascular lesions suggestive of chorioangioma also was defined by fetal magnetic resonance imaging and confirmed by pathological examination.
