Giant placental chorioangioma and polyhydramnios

• Autor(a) principal: Reis,Ana Paula
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Paiva,Catarina, Lima,Tânia, Zulmira,Rosa, Cunha,Ana
• Tipo de documento: Relatório
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1646-58302016000400009
• topic: Giant chorioangioma; Complications; Amniotic fluid index

Chorioangioma is the most common benign tumor of the placenta, occurring in 1% of all pregnancies. Small chorioangiomas tend to remain asymptomatic. Giant chorioangiomas have been associated with a number of severe fetal complications and high perinatal mortality. We report a case of a giant chorioangioma diagnosed in the third trimester of pregnancy. The size of tumor and the amniotic fluid index increased from the time of diagnosis to the end of pregnancy. A term labour was uncomplicated and a healthy newborn was delivered. Macroscopic and microscopic examination of the placenta was consistent with placental chorioangioma.