Detection of Fetomaternal Hemorrhage and ABO incompatibility

Fetomaternal leukocyte incompatibility.

Iso-leukoagglutinins are known to develop primarily in multitransfused patients (1-6). A possibly different kind of agglutinin for white cells, such as that related to aminopyrine leukopenia, has also been described (7). The therapeutic administration of blood and of aminopyrine may not be the only stimuli for leukoagglutinin production. Two groups of investigators, Dausset, Nenna and Brecy (8)...

ABO incompatibility: which one matters?

Trisomy 13 and Massive Fetomaternal Hemorrhage

This is the first case report of trisomy 13 complicated by massive fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH). A pale male infant weighing 2,950 g was delivered with low Apgar scores by emergency cesarean section due to non-reassuring fetal status. The umbilical arterial pH and hemoglobin level were 6.815 and 6.9 g/dL (normal: 13 - 22 g/dL), respectively. The maternal hemoglobin-F and serum alpha-fetoprotei...

Long-term persistent fetomaternal hemorrhage

It is not clear that how long the affected fetuses can tolerate fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH). Incidental serial measurements of the fetal peak systolic velocity of the middle cerebral artery and the retrospective analysis of stocked blood available incidentally indicated that our patient had suffered from FMH for at least 2 weeks prior to delivery.

Prenatal diagnosis of acute massive fetomaternal hemorrhage.

We present here 2 cases of acute and 2 cases of chronic massive fetomaternal hemorrhage. A sinusoidal fetal heart rate pattern may indicate chronic fetomaternal hemorrhage, but, when increased variability is observed in fetal monitoring, maternal hemoglobin F should be measured to exclude acute fetomaternal hemorrhage.