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BMJ Case Rep
March 2021
Department of O&G, Basildon University Hospital, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon, Essex, UK
Giant chorioangiomas are benign placental tumours, which can have potential severe fetal consequences. Complications in pregnancy include polyhydramnios, fetal hydrops and growth restriction. Such pregnancies can carry a significant risk of poor perinatal outcome and require close monitoring.
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February 2021
Pathology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
An unusual presentation of gestational trophoblastic disease is twin molar pregnancy, rarest in triplets with differentials being partial/complete mole, placental mesenchymal dysplasia (PMD), placental cysts or chorioangioma each with different complications. Counselling to continue pregnancy depends on diagnosis. A 37-year-old GPL, donor oocyte In vitro fertlisation (IVF) twin pregnancy was referred at 24 weeks with cystic areas in placenta.
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March 2018
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.
Placental chorioangioma is the most common type of a benign placental tumour that occurs in 1% of pregnancies. A large chorioangioma is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. We present a case of placental abruption necessitating preterm delivery after multiple amnioreductions for polyhydramnios caused by a large chorioangioma.
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July 2011
Departamento de Medicina Materno Fetal, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, México, DF.
We report the case of a pregnancy of 16 weeks with anemia and a presumptive diagnosis of partial mole. In secondary care this diagnosis was ruled out through ultrasonography and diffuse cysts were found in the myometrium. Spectral Doppler ultrasound showed no flow, but it could be observed with power angiography.
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June 2000
Clínica Materno-Fetal, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
We report a case of Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome presenting prenatally as a massive congenital lymphangiohemangioma of the thigh. Routine ultrasonographic examination revealed multiple distorted cystic areas extending from the right flank through the right lower extremity of a 30-week fetus. A diagnosis of cystic lymphangioma of the thigh was suspected prenatally.
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