Prenatal Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome.

Park, Young Mi; Kim, Young Nam; Jo, In Ho; Jeong, Su Jeon; Jeong, Dae Hoon; Sung, Moon Su; Yoon, Hye Kyoung; Kim, Ki Tae

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2006;49(6):1345-1352.
Published online June 1, 2006.

Prenatal Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome.

Young Mi Park, Young Nam Kim, In Ho Jo, Su Jeon Jeong, Dae Hoon Jeong, Moon Su Sung, Hye Kyoung Yoon, Ki Tae Kim

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea. fluro@hanmail.net
²Department of Pathology, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome is a rare congenital disorders which is characterized by the presence of multiple hemangiomata, arteriovenous fistulas and unilateral limb hypertrophy. There has been some reports that Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome was diagnosed at birth or infant, but the prenatal diagnosis was very difficult in pregnant women who have not family history. Recently, the prenatal diagnosis of Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome has been occasionally reported according to improvement of prenatal ultrasound. We recently experienced two cases of Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome. So we report our cases with brief review of literature.

Key Words: Klippel-trenaunay-weber syndrome, Prenatal diagnosis, Ultrasonography