[Giant chorioangioma of the placenta: report of a case]

M Hernández1, J Cuéllar Estrada, M Levario Carrillo

  • 1Servicios de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital General de Zona y M. F. No. 11 del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Cd. Delicias, Chihuahua.

Chorioangioma of the placenta is a benign vascular growth most frequently. Many small neoplasms are missed in routine examination of the placenta. The large tumors cause problems for the clinical outcome of the pregnancy or delivery or for the infant. We report a giant chorioangioma of the placenta of ten centimeters diagnosed in delivery by cesarean section in women with gestation third without complications. The benign vascular growth to fetal surface of the placenta. The histological variety was an angioblastic. In this case complication maternal or infant were not diagnosed.

Related Concept Videos