A new type of congenital nephrotic syndrome.
Description of a newborn male suffering from hydrops fetalis of unknown cause. Placenta showed multiple chorioangiomata. Coincidence of chorioangiomata of the placenta and hydrops fetalis has not been previously reported. The authors suggest a new kind of glomerulopathy as a cause of congenital nephrotic syndrome.
D001344:Autopsy; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology