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April-June 2016 | Vol. 9 | Issue 2 | Page No 2-4
Fetal myopericytoma: a rare tumour with good prognosis
Mamatha Gowda1, Susheela Jaiswal2 and Shubha Phadke3*
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry 2Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 3Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Address for Correspondence Email: shubharaophadke@gmail.com
 
Abstract
Reported here is a case of fetal myopericytoma, investigated by prenatal ultrasound and confirmed by autopsy and histopathological examination after termination of pregnancy. On antenatal ultrasonography, there was a large, multicystic neck mass with enhanced Doppler flow in the fetus at 20 weeks gestation. Parents terminated the pregnancy and an autopsy was conducted on the abortus. The tumor was located in the neck and had numerous, large calibre vessels within. Histopathological examination with immunohistochemistry revealed the tumor to be a benign myopericytoma. This is the earliest gestation at which
 
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