Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal (Aug 2013)

Placental Tumour : What could it be?

  • Nihal Al-Riyami,
  • Rahma Al-Hadabi,
  • Tamima Al-Dughaishi,
  • Marwa Al-Riyami

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 459 – 462

Abstract

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Placental tumours include placental chorioangiomas, teratomas, haemangiomas, and haematomas. Placental chorioangiomas are benign vascular tumours and are the most common placental tumours, with a prevalence of 1%. Large placental chorioangiomas are rare and may lead to pregnancy complications and poor perinatal outcomes. These complications include fetal anaemia, hydrops fetalis, fetal growth restriction, polyhydramnios, and preterm delivery. We report a case of a large placental chorioangioma, the antenatal management and the maternal and fetal outcomes.

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