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Am J Perinatol 1997; 14(5): 281-283
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994144
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© 1997 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Subchorial Hematoma: A Probable Cause of Reversible Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis

Kiyoshi Uchide, Nobutaka Suzuki, Koichi Murakami, Susumu Terada, Masaki Inoue
  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanazawa University, School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Nonimmune hydrops fetalis diagnosed at 21 weeks' gestation with profound ascites, hydrothorax, and pericardial effusion receded gradually with regression of a subchorial placental lucencies immediately below the umbilical cord insertion. Careful inspection of the delivered placenta revealed that there was a yellowish lesion of fibrin deposits below the cord insertion site, which resulted from the absorption of hematoma. A subchorial placental hematoma, which detected as a subchorial placental lucencies by ultrasonography, can be a cause of reversible nonimmune hydrops fetalis.

Keywords

Reversible nonimmune hydrops fetalis - subchorial lucencies - subchorial placental hematoma