Prevalence of coagulation abnormalities associated with intrauterine fetal death

Intrauterine fetal death

Revised clinical presentation of parvovirus B19-associated intrauterine fetal death.

Adverse pregnancy outcome due to human parvovirus B19 (hereafter referred to as "parvovirus B19") has been characterized, in numerous reports, as an event that occurs during the first and second trimesters and is strongly associated with symptoms of fetal hydrops. Recent findings have indicated that parvovirus B19-associated intrauterine fetal death (IUFD) is also a problem in late gestation, a...

Misoprostol for intrauterine fetal death.

The frequency of intrauterine fetal death (IUFD) with retained fetus varies, but is estimated to occur in 1% of all pregnancies. The vast majority of women will spontaneously labor and deliver within three weeks of the intrauterine death. The complexity in medical management increases significantly when the cervix is unripe or unfavorable, or when the woman develops disseminated intravascular c...

Thrombosis and coagulation abnormalities associated with cancer.

Abnormalities of hemostasis and malignancy have been recognized since the 19th century. Thrombosis and hypercoagulability are reported in as many as 60 percent of patients with malignancies. Decreased levels of protein coagulation factors, circulating anticoagulants and platelet numbers, and function changes are reported. The purpose of this work is to report a case of portal thrombosis in a pa...

Intrapericardial foregut cyst associated with intrauterine death.

Intrapericardial developmental foregut cysts are rare and are most frequently incidental findings at necropsy in adults. A 29 year old Asian woman delivered a 24 week stillborn fetus seven days after diagnosis of intrauterine death caused by rupture of a foregut cyst. Multiple cysts occupied the wall of the right atrium and its rupture caused haemopericardium and cardiac tamponade.