Raised maternal serum and amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein levels associated with a placental haemangioma. Case report.
We report a patient who had raised serum and amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein levels at 16 weeks gestation. Ultrasonography revealed an apparently normal fetus and amniography displayed a soft tissue tumor in front of the fetus. The tumor turned out to be a placental haemangioma, when an apparently healthy girl weighing 2.88 kg was born at term.
D000328:Adult; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis*
D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins