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NEW ORLEANS -- The presence of hydrops is a poor prognostic sign in fetuses diagnosed antenatally with sacrococcygeal teratoma.
A retrospective evaluation of 13 cases of this tumor detected ultrasonographically between weeks 18 and 29 of gestation found 100% mortality when hydrops was present, Dr. K. Mujaibel reported at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Another poor prognostic sign was rapid tumor growth, which was significantly associated with the development of cardiomegaly and polyhydramnios, according to Dr. Mujaibel of the department of maternal-fetal medicine, ...