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. 2013 Aug;13(3):E459-62.
doi: 10.12816/0003274. Epub 2013 Jun 25.

Placental Tumour: What could it be?

Nihal Al-Riyami  1 , Rahma Al-Hadabi, Tamima Al-Dughaishi, Marwa Al-Riyami
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Placental Tumour: What could it be?

Nihal Al-Riyami et al. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2013 Aug.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Anemia, fetal; Case Report; Chorioangioma; Oman; Placenta; Polyhydramnios.

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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Placental chorioangioma of 6 × 5 cm in size within the centre of the umbilical cord with a feeding vessel.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Well-circumscribed lesion (arrow) within the placenta just beneath the insertion of the umbilical cord (asterisk). It had a pale tan cut surface.
Figure 3
Figure 3
A to C: (A & B) Encapsulated lesion formed of variably-sized dilated and congested vessels. The lesion had undergone infarction. No chorionic villi were seen. (C) The CD-31 immunostain highlights the endothelial cells lining the vascular spaces.
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