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Accurate and Simple Evaluation of Vascular Anastomoses in Monochorionic Placenta using Colored Dye
Published on: September 5, 2011
[Fetomaternal hemorrhage caused by intraplacental choriocarcinoma]
C Touboul1, E Faivre, C Boithias
1UMR-S0782, service de gynécologie-obstétrique, hôpital Antoine-Béclère, université Paris-Sud, 157, rue de la Porte-de-Trivaux, 92140 Clamart, France.
Abstract:
A male infant was born at 41 weeks' gestation to a 34-year-old primiparous woman after an uneventful pregnancy. Physical examination showed extreme paleness. Fetal hemoglobin was 7.6g/dl and Kleihauher exam revealed fetomaternal hemorrhage. Pathology revealed in situ intraplacental choriocarcinoma. Serum human chorionic gonadotrophin level was undetectable 1 month after the delivery both in woman and in newborn. We suggest that a pathological examination of the placenta should be performed in any case of fetomaternal hemorrhage in order to avoid misdiagnosis of intraplacental choriocarcinoma.
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