title: Hydrops of placental stem villi complicated with fetal congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
abstract: The authors present a case report of hydrops of placental stem villi. Numerous small aechoic spaces were demonstrated by prenatal ultrasonography. The patient spontaneously delivered a female newborn at 26 weeks' gestation. The infant showed hypertrophied clitoris and urogenital sius, and had a normal 46, XX karyotype. Endocrinological examination revealed that 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency caused the anomaly. To our knowledge, this is the first report that congenital genital malformation complicated the placental mesenchymal dysplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Handa City Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furuhashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000172:deficiency; D000312:Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D002824:Chorionic Villi / Q000473:pathology; D002987:Clitoris / Q000473:pathology; D004487:Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases