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In utero development of a mediastinal teratoma: A second‐trimester event
Author(s) -
Froberg M. Kent,
Brown Robert E.,
Maylock John,
Poling Eric
Publication year - 1994
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/pd.1970140920
Subject(s) - in utero , teratoma , medicine , second trimester , first trimester , obstetrics , pregnancy , gynecology , fetus , radiology , biology , genetics
Mediastinal teratomas have rarely been discovered during the prenatal period. When seen during the neonatal period, these tumours have caused respiratory distress or hydrops fetalis. We present the sonographic and pathological findings of a rapidly developing anterior mediastinal teratoma causing hydrops fetalis and in utero demise at 27 weeks' gestation.