Placental chorioangioma: a rare cause of fetomaternal transfusion with maternal hemolysis and fetal distress.
Multiple placental chorioangiomas in a 31-year-old woman led to a severe, acute fetal-to-maternal transfusion and maternal hemoglobinuria from hemolysis of the fetal red blood cells. Fetal distress was manifest by a sine wave fetal monitor pattern. A severely asphyxiated infant was delivered by cesarean section. The infant did well after transfusion therapy.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000209:etiology*; D005331:Fetomaternal Transfusion / Q000209:etiology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006456:Hemoglobinuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010920:Placenta / Q000098:blood supply*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*