title: Prenatal diagnosis of cystic hygroma and chorioangioma in the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome.
abstract: We report the prenatal diagnosis of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (4p-) in a 24-week-old fetus. Echographic features included cystic hygroma, a complex heart defect with right ventricular hypoplasia, and a large placental chorioangioma. We suggest that chorioangioma may be associated with chromosomal imbalance and that systematic careful morphologic examination of the fetus and karyotyping of any pregnancy in which large chorioangioma is detected is advisable. Jugular lymphatic obstruction sequence has not been reported so far in association with 4p-syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Human Genetics, Liège University, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verloes
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Schaaps
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herens
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soyeur
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hustin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dodinval
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013577:Syndrome; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal