Chorioangioma of Placenta: A Rare Case of Near-Miss Mortality

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Placental chorioangioma with adverse maternal and fetal outcome - a case report

“…Our patient had associated gestational hypertension which was earlier reported in a case study by Galimberte et al 13 . Our case also had postpartum hemorrhage which had been reported previously in a case report by Manju Yadav et al 2 . Modes of delivery in cases of placental chorioangioma were mostly emergency caesarean section to prevent adverse maternal and fetal outcome.…”

“…Most of the cases were below 30years in previous studies e.g Nidhi Kataria et al 11 , Nabil Abdalla et al 10 , Manju Yadav et al 2 , Galimberte et al 13 . Our patient was also of 27 years of age.…”

“…Our patient was also of 27 years of age. Time of diagnosis of chorioangioma was mostly between 25 to 30 weeks in previous studies 2,10,11,13 . In our case, chorioangioma was diagnosed at 29 weeks.…”

“…Other names for chorioangioma are angiomyxoma and vascular hamartoma of placenta. An increased incidence rate of chorioangioma is associated with increased maternal age, hypertension, diabetes, female sex, first delivery and multiple pregnancies [2][3][4] . Large chorioangioma more than 5cms has unfavorable outcome on both mother and fetus 5 .…”

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