Hydrops fetalis
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Hydrops fetalis, also fetal hydrops, is interstitial fluid excess (edema) in a fetus.[1]
Causes
Mneumonic PLACENTA:[2]
- Placental perfusion abnormality, e.g. large chorangioma.
- Leukemia, lysosomal storage disorder.
- Anemia (e.g. thalassemia), asphyxia, angioma.
- CNS malformation (arteriovenous fistula), cardiac failure.
- Erythroblastosis fetalis (immune hydrops), Epstein anomaly.
- Neuroblastoma.
- Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18, Trisomy 21, TORCH infections, TTTS.
- Abnormal skeleton.
See also
References
- ↑ Randenberg, AL.. "Nonimmune hydrops fetalis part I: etiology and pathophysiology.". Neonatal Netw 29 (5): 281-95. PMID 20829175.
- ↑ URL: http://books.google.ca/books?id=EZznuPqGoeUC&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=hydrops+fetalis,+mnemonic&source=bl&ots=-mhuSW1wWV&sig=qSgP3jbsJ_1hTVBSz9toel-a2vs&hl=en&ei=eDXRTqGUOYXL0QGr3dy-DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=hydrops%20fetalis%2C%20mnemonic&f=false. Accessed on: 26 November 2011.