Placentomegaly due to fetal congestive failure in a pregnancy with a sacrococcygeal teratoma.
Conditions associated with placentomegaly in which the disproportionate placental enlargement is understood include erythroblastosis fetalis, intrauterine infections and chorioangioma. This report suggests that in a pregnancy complicated by a large sacrococcygeal teratoma, placentomegaly results from high-output fetal cardiac failure secondary to the mass acting as an arteriovenous fistula.
D000328:Adult; D003050:Coccyx; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012447:Sacrum; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications*