RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Prenatal diagnosis of a giant intracranial teratoma associated with pulmonary hypoplasia.
JF Journal of Medical Genetics
JO J Med Genet
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 880
OP 882
DO 10.1136/jmg.30.10.880
VO 30
IS 10
A1 Weyerts, L K
A1 Catanzarite, V
A1 Jones, M C
A1 Mendoza, A
YR 1993
UL http://jmg.bmj.com/content/30/10/880.abstract
AB We present a case in which an intracranial tumour replacing all intracranial contents was diagnosed by sonography at 31 weeks' gestation. The patient was delivered by caesarean section and died shortly after delivery. At necropsy, the tumour was found to be a teratoma with no recognisable normal brain tissue present. Additional findings at necropsy included pulmonary and adrenal hypoplasia. The diagnosis and prognosis of intracranial teratomas diagnosed in utero, and the association of this tumour with pulmonary hypoplasia, are discussed.