Therapy for foetal pericardial tumours: Survival following in utero shunting, and literature review

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-412

  Devlieger, R ^a   Hindryckx, A ^a   Van Mieghem, T ^a   Debeer, A ^a   De Catte, L ^a   Gewillig, M ^a   Gucciardo, L ^a   Deprest, J ^a   Meyns, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Foetal pericardial teratoma; Foetal therapy; Pericardio amniotic shunting; Pericardiocentesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETAL TUMOR; FETUS; HEART CANCER; HUMAN; HYDROPS; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SURVIVAL; TERATOMA;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETERIZATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIUM; PREGNANCY; STERNOTOMY; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70349747111     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000236156     Document Type: Review

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