Placental mesenchymal dysplasia - a differential diagnosis of molar pregnancy: A case report

Abstract

Placental mesenchymal dysplasia (PMD) is a rare placental abnormality characterised by placentomegaly and grape-like vesicles resembling partial mole by ultrasonography, but in contrast to partial mole, can co-exist with a viable fetus. Although the karyotype is normal, the fetus is at increased risk for intrauterine growth restriction, intrauterine fetal demise or perinatal death and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Prenatal diagnosis is difficult and the final diagnosis is usually achieved by postpartum histological examination of the placenta. We present a case of a stillborn who had a placenta praevia radiologically, & was seen to have mesenchymal dysplasia on histological examination.