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Severe fetal cardiomegaly caused by multiple non-giant placental chorioangiomas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2019

Hidenori Yamamoto Open the ORCID record for Hidenori Yamamoto [Opens in a new window] ,
Yoshie Fukasawa  and
Taichi Kato
Hidenori Yamamoto
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Yoshie Fukasawa
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Taichi Kato*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
*
Author for correspondence: Taichi Kato, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan. Tel: +81-52-744-2294; Fax: +81-52-744-2974; E-mail: ktaichi@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

A pregnant woman was referred to our hospital due to fetal cardiomegaly. We recognised a dilated umbilical vein, which raised a suspicion of placental chorioangioma. A male neonate was delivered at 37 weeks of gestation. The cardiomegaly was gradually improved. Pathological examination identified five non-giant placental chorioangiomas. Multiple non-giant chorioangiomas may cause fetal complications despite the difficulty of prenatal diagnosis.

Keywords

Fetal cardiomegalyplacental chorioangiomaextra-cardiac shuntcardiothoracic area ratiodilated umbilical vein
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 12 , December 2019 , pp. 1559 - 1560
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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