Relapsing fetal bilateral hydrothorax, an isolated expression of a vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation

Dominique Mannaerts; Joke Muys; Paul Ramaekers; Yves Jacquemyn

doi:10.1136/bcr-2014-208384

Relapsing fetal bilateral hydrothorax, an isolated expression of a vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation

BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Jan 27:2015:bcr2014208384. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-208384.

Authors

Dominique Mannaerts¹, Joke Muys¹, Paul Ramaekers¹, Yves Jacquemyn²

Affiliations

¹ University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
² Department of Obstetrics, UZA, Edegem, Belgium.

Abstract

We report a case of bilateral fetal hydrothorax presenting at 20 weeks of pregnancy, spontaneously resolving at 22 weeks and severely relapsing at 28 weeks in a fetus with normal karyotype. The cause was a high-output heart failure caused by vein of Galen malformation.

2015 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Heart Failure / etiology*
Humans
Hydrops Fetalis / diagnostic imaging
Hydrops Fetalis / etiology
Hydrothorax / diagnostic imaging
Hydrothorax / etiology*
Infant, Newborn
Intracranial Aneurysm / complications*
Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Perinatal Death / etiology
Pregnancy
Recurrence
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
Vein of Galen Malformations / complications*
Vein of Galen Malformations / diagnostic imaging