Prenatal laser treatment of a placental chorioangioma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Large placental chorioangiomas are rare complications in pregnancy. We present a case of a placental chorioangioma, complicated by polyhydramnios, in which obliteration of its blood supply using diode laser coagulation at 25 weeks of gestation was followed by an uneventful pregnancy and delivery of a healthy baby with a normal follow-up at the age of 9 months. Laser coagulation of the feeding vessels seems to be an effective treatment for chorioangiomas when the blood supply is superficial and the feeding vessels are small in diameter.
Medical subject headings
- Hemangioma
- Laser Therapy
- Placenta Diseases
- Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic