Fetal cardiac tamponade due to an intrapericardial teratoma.
A case of an intrapericardial tumor diagnosed in utero at 26 weeks of gestation is presented. The prenatal echocardiographic follow-up of an incipient hydrops fetalis determined the management and the emergency surgical treatment. Histologically, the tumor appeared to be a benign teratoma, grade I. In the postoperative period an unexpected mediastinal tumor was found and removed later. This tumor also appeared to be a benign teratoma, grade 0. Both teratomas were independent and therefore primary.
Tollens
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
Casselman
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Devlieger
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Gewillig
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Vandenberghe
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Lerut
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Daenen
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D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000209:etiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis; D010496:Pericardium; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis