title: Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of hepatic hemangioendothelioma with secondary nonimmune hydrops fetalis.
abstract: A case of fetal hepatic hemangioendothelioma with secondary nonimmune hydrops fetalis is presented. The prenatal diagnosis, made at 27 weeks' gestation by real-time ultrasonography and pulsed Doppler ultrasound, was confirmed by angiography and pulsed Doppler ultrasound, was confirmed by angiography and autopsy after the infant was born 2 weeks later. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of prenatal diagnosis of such an entity.
authors.affiliation: Regional Perinatal Unit, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Chiasson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000209:etiology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014465:Ultrasonics; D014463:Ultrasonography