Fetal liver hemangioma and chorioangioma: two unusual cases of severe fetal anemia detected by ultrasonography and its perinatal management

C Hubinont; P Bernard; N Khalil; C Debauche; S Gosseye; E Jauniaux; G Verellen; M Van Lierde

doi:10.1046/j.1469-0705.1994.04040330.x

Fetal liver hemangioma and chorioangioma: two unusual cases of severe fetal anemia detected by ultrasonography and its perinatal management

Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 1994 Jul 1;4(4):330-1. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1994.04040330.x.

Authors

C Hubinont¹, P Bernard, N Khalil, C Debauche, S Gosseye, E Jauniaux, G Verellen, M Van Lierde

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics, St Luc Hospital, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 12797170
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1994.04040330.x

Abstract

Severe anemia was diagnosed by cordocentesis in two fetuses, one with a large chorioangioma, the other with a liver hemangioma. Despite the presence of a chronic fetotumoral shunt, both cases were partly treated by a fetal intravascular transfusion, followed by an elective Cesarean section. This 'predelivery' management of anemia should improve neonatal morbidity associated with severe hematological and acid-base balance disorders.