Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of hepatic hemangioendothelioma with secondary nonimmune hydrops fetalis
Gonen, R.; Fong, K.; Chiasson, D.A.
Obstetrics and Gynecology 73(3 Part 2): 485-487
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-7844 PMID: 2644601 Document Number: 329975
A case of fetal hepatic hemangioendothelioma with secondary nonimmune hydrops fetalis is presented. The prenatal diagnosis, made at 27 weeks' gestation by real-time ultrasonography and pulsed Doppler ultrasound, was confirmed by angiography and pulsed Doppler ultrasound, was confirmed by angiography and autopsy after the infant was born 2 weeks later. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of prenatal diagnosis of such an entity.