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Pathological Anatomy Service, Our Lady of Candelaria University Hospital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

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• Case Report   
  Placental Teratoma Case Report and Review of the Literature
  Author(s): De Ganzo Suárez Tania*, Caamiña Álvarez Sara, Pérez Gómez A, Rodríguez T and Vilar M
  
  Objective: Placental teratoma is a very rare no trophoblastic benign tumour. The tumour we present lays between amnios and chorion. It contains disorganized tissues (skin, bone, fat, etc.). Lack of a recognizable umbilical cord and no recognizable skeletal development are used as a differential diagnostic criterion for placenta teratoma. In our case umbilical cord was absent; however, the tumour was connected to the placenta by a vascular channel covered only by fetal membranes without Wharton´s jelly. We present a case to review the literature. Material and methods: A 29 years old woman and 37 weeks of gestation. On the scan we found out a heterogenous mass of 8, 3 × 8, 5cm arising from the placenta. Results: The diagnosis of the placental teratoma is based on prenatal ultrasound and hi.. View More»
  

  DOI: 10.36648/2471-8165.10.4.31

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