Fetal mediastinal teratomas are rare tumors that can cause prenatal hydrops and respiratory distress during the neonatal period. Given their rarity and potential for serious complications, these cases require management by a multidisciplinary team of experts, ideally within a specialized referral center. The authors describe the case of a primigravida with a fetal mediastinal teratoma who was managed expectantl...
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the association between maternal factors and first-trimester biophysical and biochemical markers with small for gestational age (SGA) neonates in twin pregnancies (TwPs). Methods: Single-center retrospective cohort study of TwPs followed from January 2010 to December 2022 at a tertiary perinatal center, Portugal. Maternal and pregnancy characteristics, mean arterial pr...
Introdução: O acompanhamento de gestações gemelares pode revelar-se desafiante se houver alterações ecográficas e discrepâncias entre os fetos. Deleções intersticiais 7q, abrangendo diferentes regiões e apresentando tamanho variável, são raras, e encontram-se quase exclusivamente descritas em pós-natal. Objectivos: Apresentamos o caso de uma gestante, de 32 anos, com gravidez gemelar monocoriónica e diamniótica...
Introduction: Copy number variants (CNV) of the 15q11.2q13.1 region are associated to recurrent microdeletion/microduplication syndromes in which the phenotype is dependent on the parental origin of the CNV. We report the case of a fetus from a healthy 39-year-old G6P3A2 woman, with an increased risk for trisomy 21 in the 1st trimester prenatal screening. Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) was requested and ...
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to estimate our center-specific CVS-related miscarriage rate. Methods: This is an observational retrospective study of women submitted to a CVS in our hospital, between January 1st, 2007 and December 31st, 2016. Maternal and pregnancy characteristics, procedure details, genetic results and pregnancy outcomes of all patients were collected. The FMF miscarriage risk algor...
As anomalias do crescimento fetal são uma importante causa de morbilidade e mortalidade perinatais. Os fatores envolvidos na restrição de crescimento fetal (RCF) podem ser maternos, placentários e fetais. Nos fatores fetais, as cromossomopatias estão descritas entre 6 e 32% dos fetos com RCF. Avaliar o tipo e significado das cromossomopatias, na etiologia da RCF, e do seu valor diagnóstico em pré-natal. Avaliar...
Desde que, em 1997, Dennis Lo descobriu a presença de cell-free DNA de origem fetal (cffDNA) na circulação materna muito se tem investido no desenvolvimento de testes de rastreio pré-natal não invasivo, sobretudo, para a Síndrome de Down (SD). Atualmente, encontram-se disponíveis no mercado variadíssimos testes que facultam este tipo de rastreio em cffDNA, com melhores performances de sensibilidade e especifici...
Fetal intracranial hemorrhages are typical of the germinal matrix, associated with fetal or placental problems. Subdural hemorrhages in utero are extremely rare but have been reported in coagulation disorders or maternal trauma. We present a case of atraumatic subdural hematoma in a 35 gestational week fetus, whose mother was under oral anticoagulation for prosthetic mitral valve. The mother complained of reduc...