Prenatal detection of a giant bilateral thoracic vascular lesion: prognostic evaluation and genetic aspects.
We describe a giant bilateral vascular mass in the skin of the chest diagnosed by ultrasound investigation in a fetus of 20 gestational weeks. Ultrasound and colour Doppler investigations detected no signs of early congestive heart failure but rapid and excessive enlargement of the vascular mass. Indications of increased fetal blood volume were found. The fetus had additional minor anomalies. Early in utero manifestation suggests a severe vascular malformation.
Institut für Humangenetik, Universität Leipzig, Germany.
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Meiner
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Faber
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Horn
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Reichenbach
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Froster
D000649:Amniocentesis; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011379:Prognosis; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D013909:Thorax / Q000098:blood supply*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal