An ultrasound showing a fetus with hydrops fetalis
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Obstetrics and gynaecology, hematology, immunology
Hydrops fetalis or hydrops foetalis is a condition in the fetus characterized by an accumulation of fluid, or edema, in at least two fetal compartments.[1][2] By comparison, hydrops allantois or hydrops amnion is an accumulation of excessive fluid in the allantoic or amniotic space, respectively.[3]
Hydropsfetalis or hydrops foetalis is a condition in the fetus characterized by an accumulation of fluid, or edema, in at least two fetal compartments...
disease/Endolymphatic Hydrops without vertigo. Hydropsfetalis, edema in a fetus Corneal hydrops, humoral edema of the eye Hydrops (snake), a dipsadid snake genus This...
ranges from mild to very severe, and fetal death from heart failure (hydropsfetalis) can occur. When the disease is moderate or severe, many erythroblasts...
therapy. Parvovirus infection in pregnant women is associated with hydropsfetalis due to severe fetal anemia, sometimes leading to miscarriage or stillbirth...
hemoglobin in circulation. In this situation, a fetus will develop hydropsfetalis and normally die before or shortly after birth, unless intrauterine...
pregnant women, infection in the first trimester has been linked to hydropsfetalis, causing spontaneous miscarriage. In people with sickle-cell disease...
leading to leakage of fluid into tissues and body cavities, termed hydropsfetalis. The severe anemia taxes the heart to compensate by increasing output...
Complications may include ovarian torsion, testicular torsion, or hydropsfetalis. They are a type of germ cell tumor (a tumor that begins in the cells...
jaundiced, and with splenomegaly), to severe (hemolytic crisis, in-utero hydropsfetalis), because HS is caused by genetic mutations in a multitude of structural...
usually found in the lower part of the leg, usually from the calf down. Hydropsfetalis is a condition in a baby characterized by an accumulation of fluid...
against fetal red blood cells, resulting in destruction, anemia, and hydropsfetalis in a process known as hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN). Both...
in the neonatal period occurs due to the severe anemia resulting in HydropsFetalis. Patients most often present initially due to hemolytic episodes that...
Sometimes this is lethal for the fetus; in these cases it is called hydropsfetalis. If a pregnant woman is known to have anti-D antibodies, the Rh blood...
enteroviruses A – AIDS (HIV infection) P – parvovirus B19 (produces hydropsfetalis secondary to aplastic anemia) T – toxoplasmosis O – other (group B...
cardiac rhabdomyomas. The symptoms may manifest as pericardial effusion, hydropsfetalis, or heart blocks. Sometimes nerves can also be affected. The most common...
In its rarest form, Sly syndrome causes children to be born with hydropsfetalis, in which extreme amounts of fluid are retained in the body. Survival...
thalassemia trait Minor anemia 3 Hemoglobin H disease Mild to moderate anemia; may lead normal life 4 Hydropsfetalis Death usually occurs in utero or at birth...
accumulate in the stomach, lungs or scalp. These are typically signs of hydropsfetalis. After birth, the symptoms of the child are similar to that of incompatible...
scarring. Less commonly there have been systemic abnormalities such as hydropsfetalis, where there is abnormal accumulation of fluid in the fetus. These...
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