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- Title
Prenatal diagnosis of a fibrosarcoma of the thigh: a case report.
- Authors
Durin, Luc; Jeanne-Pasquier, Corinne; Bailleul, Patrick; Eboué, Cyril; Aicardi, Stéphanie; Herlicoviez, Michel; Dreyfus, Michel; Eboué, Cyril; Aicardi, Stéphanie
- Abstract
We report a rare case of fibrosarcoma of the thigh suspected prenatally. At 27 weeks of gestation a voluminous, vascularised mass was discovered at ultrasound on the foetus' left leg, suggestive of haemangioma or a fibrosarcoma. There were no signs of heart failure. A rapid increase in the tumour mass was noted and a caesarean section was carried out at 39 weeks because of abnormal foetal heart rate. Postnatal ultrasound examination was comparable to that carried out prenatally; pathological examination of the mass biopsied and immunohistochemical investigation provided a diagnosis of congenital fibrosarcoma. After neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery the infant is now in complete remission without amputation.
- Subjects
ULTRASONIC imaging; PREGNANCY; HEMANGIOMAS; HEART failure; FETAL heart rate monitoring; DRUG therapy
- Publication
Fetal Diagnosis & Therapy, 2006, Vol 21, Issue 6, p481
- ISSN
1015-3837
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1159/000095657