TY - JOUR
T1 - A case of a huge placental lake; Prenatal differential diagnosis and clinical management
AU - Muramatsu, Keiko
AU - Itoh, Hiroaki
AU - Yamasaki, Tomoko
AU - Nakamura, Yuki
AU - Kobayashi, Yukiko
AU - Hirai, Kyuya
AU - Suzuki, Kazunao
AU - Sugihara, Kazuhiro
AU - Sugimura, Motoi
AU - Kanayama, Naohiro
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - Placental lakes are sonolucent or hypoechoic areas in images of the placenta, usually considered a physiological dilation of intervillous space with a rather good obstetrical outcome. However, diagnostic criteria for and the clinical significance of placental lakes are yet to be completely established, because of a wide variety of ultrasound findings, especially on color Doppler examination. We experienced a case of a huge placental lake, larger than the total placental area, located in an entire retroplacental space, concomitant with several penetrations of artery type blood flow. The antenatal differential diagnosis and course of clinical management are reported.
AB - Placental lakes are sonolucent or hypoechoic areas in images of the placenta, usually considered a physiological dilation of intervillous space with a rather good obstetrical outcome. However, diagnostic criteria for and the clinical significance of placental lakes are yet to be completely established, because of a wide variety of ultrasound findings, especially on color Doppler examination. We experienced a case of a huge placental lake, larger than the total placental area, located in an entire retroplacental space, concomitant with several penetrations of artery type blood flow. The antenatal differential diagnosis and course of clinical management are reported.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=76349121516&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=76349121516&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01104.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01104.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 20178544
AN - SCOPUS:76349121516
SN - 1341-8076
VL - 36
SP - 165
EP - 169
JO - Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
JF - Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
IS - 1
ER -