Article
Giant chorioangioma treated in utero via laser of feeding vessels with subsequent development of multifocal infantile hemangiomas
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JHUN, Katrina M.. et al. Giant chorioangioma treated in utero via laser of feeding vessels with subsequent development of multifocal infantile hemangiomas. Fetal pediatr. pathol., v. 34, p. 1–8, 2015.
10.3109/15513815.2014.925018
Autor
Jhun, Katrina M.
Nassar, Paulo
Chen, Tina S.
Sardesai, Smeeta
Chmait, Ramen H.
Resumen
We report a case of a giant placental chorioangioma (15.6 cm diameter) complicated by polyhy-dramnios and severe fetal heart failure. Fetoscopic laser occlusion of a dominant feeding vessel
was performed at 29 weeks’ gestation and partial devascularization was achieved. In the 33rd
week of the pregnancy, the decisionwasmade topreemptively deliver the fetus due topersistent
signs of fetal cardiac failure. After birth, the infant developed multifocal infantile hemangiomas
with extracutaneous involvement. We posit that the development of infantile hemangiomasmay
be linked to the presence of the large chorioangioma. Further study is required to ascertain if fetal
treatment of the chorioangiomamay have been an exacerbating factor.