title: Perinatal management of infant tumors and the promise of fetal surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This review outlines the current approaches to prenatal imaging, differential diagnosis, antenatal natural history, and the available treatment options for the most commonly prenatally diagnosed malignant tumors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In-utero diagnosis of fetal tumors, although still a rare event, has become more common as prenatal imaging modalities have improved. In general, this prenatal diagnosis allows more informed prenatal counseling and better perinatal planning for potentially high-risk deliveries. There are rare indications for prenatal fetal intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diagnosis of a fetal tumor should prompt referral to a specialized center. Further understanding of these rare patients will require multicenter collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery, Colorado Institute for Maternal Fetal Health, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bruny
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Crombleholme
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D046128:Fetal Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery