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An umbilical cord teratoma in a 17-week-old fetus
D C Satgé1, M A Laumond, F Desfarges
1Laboratoire d'anatomie pathologique, Centre Hospitalier, 19000 Tulle, France. daniel.satge@ch-tulle.fr
Prenatal Diagnosis
|April 5, 2001
Abstract:
A therapeutic abortion was conducted on a 17-week-old male fetus with a large umbilical cord teratoma associated with an exomphalos. A review of the literature revealed ten other cases of umbilical cord teratoma and shows that these tumors have a very polymorphic presentation. Four fetuses and infants died from various causes indicating that there is a need for close follow-up of pregnancies with umbilical cord teratoma.