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Hydrops

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Hydrops fetalis Hydrops fetalis Hydrops fetalis Fetal ascites in hydrops fetalis (fetus, 19 weeks) Fetal ascites in hydrops fetalis (fetus, 19 weeks) Fetal ascites in hydrops fetalis (fetus, 19 weeks)
hydrops fetalis, fetal hydrops

SYnopsis

- diffuse cutaneous edema
- cystic hygroma
- serous effusions

Etiology - Associations

Short list

- hematological disorders
- cardiac anomalies
- intrathoracic anomalies
- vascular anomalies
- muscular anomalies
- skeletal anomalies
- urogenital anomalies
- gastrointestinal anomalies
- fetal tumors
- genetic metabolic diseases (inborn errors of metabolism)
- chromosomal diseases
- fetal infections
- maternal diseases

Extended list

- hematological disorders

  • inherited
  • acquired

- cardiac anomalies

  • cardiac malformations
  • cardiac diseases
  • cardiac tumors
  • cardiac arrhytmias
  • myocarditis

- intrathoracic compression

- laryngotracheal anomalies

- vascular anomalies

  • fetal hemangiomas
  • placental hemangiomas
  • calcific arteriopathy
  • pulmonary lymphangiectasia
  • diffuse lymphangiectasia
  • acardiac monozygous twin pregnancy
  • vena caval thrombus
  • coronary artery thrombus
  • fetal entanglement umbilical cord
  • meningeal angiodysplasia

- skeletal anomalies (genetic osteochondrodysplasias)

- fetal motility anomalies

- cerebral anomalies

- amniotic anomalies

  • amniotic band syndrome (ABS)

- systemic genetic anomalies

- urogenital anomalies

- digestive malformations

- hepatic anomalies

- fetal tumors

- genetic metabolic diseases (inborn errors of metabolism)

  • Gaucher disease
  • mucopolysaccharidosis
  • Günther disease
  • Niemann-Pick disease
  • gangliosidosis

- chromosomal diseases

- fetal infections

  • Parvovirus B19 fetal infection (9670826)
  • fetal CMV infection
  • Herpesvirus I
  • rubella virus
  • toxoplasmosis
  • fetal syphilis
  • Coxsackievirus
  • parvovirus
  • adenovirus
  • listeriosis
  • Mycoplasma

- hypoalbuminemia

- maternal diseases

  • dysimmunity (connectivitis)
  • maternal diabetes mellitus
  • maternal anemia
  • choriocarcinoma