a Department of Pathology, Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine 58140 Sivas Turkey
b Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine 58140 Sivas Turkey
Abstract:
We present a rare case of a placental teratoma found within the fetal membranes of an otherwise normal placenta. Lack of a recognizable umbilical cord and no recognizable skeletal development are used as differential diagnostic criteria for a placental teratoma. In our case, an umbilical cord was absent; nevertheless, the tumor contained two vascular channels covered only by fetal membranes without Wharton's jelly.