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MASSIVE CHRONIC FETO‐MATERNAL BLEEDING ASSOCIATED WITH PLACENTAL CHORIOANGIOMAS
Author(s) -
SIMS D. G.,
BARRON S. L.,
WADEHRA V.,
ELLIS H. A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1976.tb16549.x
Subject(s) - medicine , polyhydramnios , placenta , edema , anemia , pregnancy , placenta diseases , obstetrics , fetus , surgery , genetics , biology
. After pregnancy complicated by polyhydramnios and the antenatal discovery of a very large placenta a newborn infant suffered from anemia, thrombocytopenia and hypoproteinemic edema, and was successfully treated by exchange transfusion. The placenta contained two chorioangiomas and there was diffuse placental hypertrophy with edema and patchy chorioangiomatosis. There was evidence of major chronic feto‐maternal bleeding which could be the explanation for most of the hematological and biochemical problems which occurred. The child was developing normally at subsequent follow‐up aged 15 weeks.