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Hypertrophy of the placenta and sacrococcygeal teratoma

Report of two cases

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This report describes two pregnancies complicated by hydramnios, fetal death and sacrococcygeal teratoma in the second trimester. In both cases the placenta was remarkably enlarged. It is postulated that the tumors behaved in the manner of A-V fistulas and produced forward failure in the fetus similar to what is occasionally seen with large chorangiomas.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan

    Shin Kohga, Takumi Nambu & Kenzo Tanaka

  2. Zoological Society of San Diego, Post Office Box 551, 92112, San Diego, California, USA

    Kurt Benirschke

  3. Sunrise Hospital Medical Center, 3186 S. Maryland Parkway, 89109, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

    Bernard H. Feldman

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan

    Tadao Kishikawa

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Kohga, S., Nambu, T., Tanaka, K. et al. Hypertrophy of the placenta and sacrococcygeal teratoma. Virchows Arch. A Path. Anat. and Histol. 386, 223–229 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00427234

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