NEOPLASTIC CAUSES OF FETAL HYDROPS

Congenital tumors reported to cause hydrops include:

• Teratomas.
• Neuroblastomas.
• Rhabdomyomas.
• Mesoblastic nephroma.
• Neuroblastomatosis.
• Cerebellar medulloblastoma.
• Sacrococcygeal teratoma.
• Liver tumor (giant liver hemangiomata / hemangioendothelioma).

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