Umbilical arterial necrotic vasculopathy associated with fetal ascites

Giuliana Rossi; Erich Cosmi; Daniele Trevisanuto; Ambra Cappellari; Alessandra Andrisani; Silvia Visentin; Silvia Chiarelli; Vincenzo Zanardo

doi:10.1159/000281824

Umbilical arterial necrotic vasculopathy associated with fetal ascites

Fetal Diagn Ther. 2010;27(2):110-2. doi: 10.1159/000281824. Epub 2010 Feb 3.

Authors

Giuliana Rossi¹, Erich Cosmi, Daniele Trevisanuto, Ambra Cappellari, Alessandra Andrisani, Silvia Visentin, Silvia Chiarelli, Vincenzo Zanardo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, Italy.

PMID: 20130389
DOI: 10.1159/000281824

Abstract

Immune and nonimmune neonatal ascites may be part of hydrops fetalis or may be an isolated finding. However, a significant percentage of nonimmune ascites do not have an identifiable pathogenesis and are considered idiopathic. We report a case of fetal ascites and umbilical arterial necrotic vasculopathy, an association not previously described.

2010 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amniotic Fluid / diagnostic imaging
Ascites / diagnostic imaging*
Ascites / embryology
Cesarean Section
Female
Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Premature, Diseases / therapy
Intensive Care, Neonatal
Male
Necrosis
Obstetric Labor, Premature
Pregnancy
Respiration, Artificial
Ultrasonography, Prenatal*
Umbilical Arteries / pathology*