title: Prenatal diagnosis of a placental cyst: comparison of postnatal biochemical analyses of cyst fluid, amniotic fluid, cord serum, and maternal serum.
abstract: A 4 x 4 cm placental cyst was diagnosed prenatally by ultrasonography. At delivery, simultaneous samples of cyst fluid, amniotic fluid, cord blood, and maternal blood (collected 3 hours before delivery) were obtained. Biochemical measurements of cyst fluid, amniotic fluid, cord serum, and maternal serum suggest that the solutes of cyst fluid do not originate exclusively from a single source. In addition, X-cell synthesis and secretion into the cyst fluid may occur.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Shipley
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D003560:Cysts / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal