Volume 25, Issue 108, February, 2021

Chorangiosis of placenta: A rare case report with unusual presentation and outcome

Khalid Akkour^♦

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Consultant and Assistant professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia; Email: kakkour@ksu.edu.sa

ABSTRACT

Introduction: chorangiosis of placenta is a rare vascular lesion that leading to abnormal CTG due to fetal hypoxia. Case report: We report a 33-year-old patient at 40 weeks and 6 days of gestational age presented with spontaneous rupture of membrane (SROM) with re-assuring CTG. Upon delivery, unresponsiveness boy who was later announce dead due to placental chorangiosis. Conclusion: Placental chorangiosis could be presented with normal CTG and lead to drastic events, which ends up by neonatal death.

Keywords: chorangiosis, placenta, hypoxia

Medical Science, 2021, 25(108), 391-394

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