CASE REPORT   

Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche 2018 July-August;177(7-8):396-9

DOI: 10.23736/S0393-3660.17.03489-1

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Large chorioangioma of placenta with a fair fetal outcome

Vito COFELICE ¹ ✉, Alessandra MELONI ², Daniela FANNI ³, Valerio MAIS ²

¹ Unit of Gynecology and Obstetrics, S. Martino Hospital, Belluno, Italy; ² Department of Surgical Sciences, Maternal-Child Subdepartment, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy; ³ Unit of Pathology Anatomy and Microbiology, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Chorioangioma is the most common tumor of placenta. Usually it is small in size, less than 4 cm in diameter, asymptomatic and so is only accidentally diagnosed during routine ultrasound or after careful histologic examination. It is a benign, non-trophoblastic vascular tumor coming from the primitive chorionic mesenchyme whose etiology and pathophysiology is still unknown. Its prevalence is about 1% of all pregnancies. In larger tumor, various and significant both maternal and fetal complications are reported.

KEY WORDS: Hemangioma - Placenta - Neoplasms