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Prenatal diagnosis of congenital mesoblastic nephroma in mid‐second trimester by sonography and magnetic resonance imaging
Author(s) -
Chen WenYin,
Lin ChingNan,
Chao ChienShun,
YanSheng Lin Mike,
Mak CheeWai,
Chuang ShihSung,
Tzeng ChingCherng,
Huang KuoFeng
Publication year - 2003
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.727
Subject(s) - polyhydramnios , medicine , prenatal diagnosis , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , pregnancy , fetus , gestation , hydrops fetalis , obstetrics , genetics , biology
Abstract Although congenital mesoblastic nephroma (CMN) is a rare benign congenital renal tumor, it is the most common solid renal tumor in the newborn period. The most common presentation of congenital mesoblastic nephroma is polyhydramnios, and only one case with prenatal fetal hydrops has been previously reported. Prenatal diagnosis of CMN has previously been made on the basis of the findings of sonography in the third trimester, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)–based diagnosis has been reported recently. Here we report a case of prenatally diagnosed classical type CMN diagnosed at 22 + 3 weeks of gestation based on the findings of sonography and magnetic resonance imaging. The characteristic imaging findings in this case were fetal hydrops and polyhydramnios. To our knowledge, this is the youngest reported gestational age for prenatal diagnosis of CMN and it is the second case of CMN associated with fetal hydrops detected prenatally. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.