Fetal peritonitis due to appendiceal rupture: a rare complication of hydrops

Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2008;27(3):121-5. doi: 10.1080/15513810802077495.

Abstract

A rare complication (appendiceal perforation with meconium peritonitis) was observed in a second trimester fetus affected by nonimmune fetal hydrops due to parvovirus B-19 infection. The complication is not considered specific to this or any other etiology for hydrops, which is highly heterogeneous; rather it is an expression of the fragility and friability of edematous tissues.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Appendicitis / complications*
  • Appendicitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Appendicitis / virology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrops Fetalis / diagnostic imaging
  • Hydrops Fetalis / virology*
  • Meconium / virology
  • Parvoviridae Infections / complications
  • Parvoviridae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / embryology
  • Parvovirus B19, Human / pathogenicity
  • Peritonitis / complications*
  • Peritonitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Peritonitis / virology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Second
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal