Fetal cardiac tamponade due to an intrapericardial teratoma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case of an intrapericardial tumor diagnosed in utero at 26 weeks of gestation is presented. The prenatal echocardiographic follow-up of an incipient hydrops fetalis determined the management and the emergency surgical treatment. Histologically, the tumor appeared to be a benign teratoma, grade I. In the postoperative period an unexpected mediastinal tumor was found and removed later. This tumor also appeared to be a benign teratoma, grade 0. Both teratomas were independent and therefore primary.
Medical subject headings
- Cardiac Tamponade
- Fetal Diseases
- Heart Neoplasms
- Teratoma