title: In utero diagnosis of intrapericardial teratoma: a case for in utero open fetal surgery.
abstract: We present a case of intrapericardial teratoma diagnosed by ultrasound at 26 weeks of gestation presenting as a large tumour mass and rapid development of hydrops fetalis. The fetus died in utero one day before scheduled open fetal surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riskin-Mashiah
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Moise
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ayres
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000649:Amniocentesis; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D005865:Gestational Age; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal