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- Title
High Tumor Volume to Fetal Weight Ratio Is Associated with Worse Fetal Outcomes and Increased Maternal Risk in Fetuses with Sacrococcygeal Teratoma.
- Authors
Gebb, Juliana S.; Khalek, Nahla; Qamar, Huma; Johnson, Mark P.; Oliver, Edward R.; Coleman, Beverly G.; Peranteau, William H.; Hedrick, Holly L.; Flake, Alan W.; Adzick, N. Scott; Moldenhauer, Julie S.; Gebb, Juliana S; Johnson, Mark P; Oliver, Edward R; Coleman, Beverly G; Peranteau, William H; Hedrick, Holly L; Flake, Alan W; Adzick, N Scott; Moldenhauer, Julie S
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>Tumor volume to fetal weight ratio (TFR) > 0.12 before 24 weeks has been associated with poor outcome in fetuses with sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT). We evaluated TFR in predicting poor fetal outcome and increased maternal operative risk in our cohort of SCT pregnancies.<bold>Methods: </bold>This is a retrospective, single-center review of fetuses seen with SCT from 1997 to 2015. Patients who chose termination of pregnancy (TOP), delivered elsewhere, or had initial evaluation at > 24 weeks were excluded. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis determined the optimal TFR to predict poor fetal outcome and increased maternal operative risk. Poor fetal outcome included fetal demise, neonatal demise, or fetal deterioration warranting open fetal surgery or delivery < 32 weeks. Increased maternal operative risk included cases necessitating open fetal surgery, classical cesarean delivery, or ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT).<bold>Results: </bold>Of 139 pregnancies with SCT, 27 chose TOP, 14 delivered elsewhere, and 40 had initial evaluation at > 24 weeks. Thus, 58 fetuses were reviewed. ROC analysis revealed that at ≤24 weeks, TFR > 0.095 was predictive of poor fetal outcome and TFR > 0.12 was predictive of increased maternal operative risk.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>This study supports the use of TFR at ≤24 weeks for risk stratification of pregnancies with SCT.
- Subjects
SACROCOCCYGEAL region -- Tumors; FETAL surgery; FETAL abnormalities; ABORTION; RECEIVER operating characteristic curves
- Publication
Fetal Diagnosis & Therapy, 2019, Vol 45, Issue 2, p94
- ISSN
1015-3837
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1159/000486782