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HEPATOBLASTOMA AS A CAUSE OF INTRAUTERINE FETAL DEATH
Author(s) -
Benjamin Elizabeth,
Lendon M.,
Marsden H. B.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00991.x
Subject(s) - hepatoblastoma , medicine , amniotic fluid , fetus , agenesis , pregnancy , fetal death , in utero , obstetrics , surgery , biology , genetics
Summary A hepatoblastoma was found in a 36 week stillborn infant. The tumour compressed the inferior vena cava and was the cause of hydrops foetalis. There was also agenesis of the gall bladder. Amniotic fluid alpha‐fetoprotein levels at 15 weeks were normal and did not indicate the presence of the tumour.