Placental teratoma: A case report

We present a rare case of a placental teratoma found within the fetal membranes of an otherwise normal placenta. Lack of a recognizable umbilical cord and no recognizable skeletal development are used as differential diagnostic criteria for a placental teratoma. In our case, an umbilical cord was ab...

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Published inEuropean journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology Vol. 80; no. 2; pp. 263 - 265
Main Authors Elagöz, Sahande, Aker, Handan, Cetin, Ali
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.10.1998
Elsevier
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Cesarean Section
Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy
Female
Fetus amorphus
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Placenta
Placenta Diseases - diagnosis
Placenta Diseases - pathology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
Teratoma
Teratoma - diagnosis
Teratoma - pathology
Teratoma
Placenta
Fetus amorphus
Case study
Human
Pregnancy disorders
Tumor
Female
Placenta diseases
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Summary:We present a rare case of a placental teratoma found within the fetal membranes of an otherwise normal placenta. Lack of a recognizable umbilical cord and no recognizable skeletal development are used as differential diagnostic criteria for a placental teratoma. In our case, an umbilical cord was absent; nevertheless, the tumor contained two vascular channels covered only by fetal membranes without Wharton's jelly.
ISSN:0301-2115
1872-7654
DOI:10.1016/S0301-2115(98)00090-6