Fetal cardiac tamponade due to an intrapericardial teratoma

Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Aug;66(2):559-60. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00508-6.

Abstract

A case of an intrapericardial tumor diagnosed in utero at 26 weeks of gestation is presented. The prenatal echocardiographic follow-up of an incipient hydrops fetalis determined the management and the emergency surgical treatment. Histologically, the tumor appeared to be a benign teratoma, grade I. In the postoperative period an unexpected mediastinal tumor was found and removed later. This tumor also appeared to be a benign teratoma, grade 0. Both teratomas were independent and therefore primary.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / etiology*
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications*
  • Humans
  • Hydrops Fetalis / etiology
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis
  • Pericardium
  • Teratoma / complications*
  • Teratoma / diagnosis