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Prenatal detection of a giant bilateral thoracic vascular lesion: prognostic evaluation and genetic aspects
Author(s) -
Meiner A.,
Faber R.,
Horn L.C.,
Reichenbach H.,
Froster U. G.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199906)19:6<583::aid-pd585>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - medicine , in utero , fetus , doppler ultrasound , heart failure , gestational age , lesion , prenatal diagnosis , ultrasound , pregnancy , vascular malformation , radiology , cardiology , surgery , genetics , biology
We describe a giant bilateral vascular mass in the skin of the chest diagnosed by ultrasound investigation in a fetus of 20 gestational weeks. Ultrasound and colour Doppler investigations detected no signs of early congestive heart failure but rapid and excessive enlargement of the vascular mass. Indications of increased fetal blood volume were found. The fetus had additional minor anomalies. Early in utero manifestation suggests a severe vascular malformation. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.