We report three cases of non-immune hydrops which were successfully treated in-utero. Each case had a different aetiology requiring a specific treatment.

An obstruction of the fetal upper airway in utero due to various reasons may cause a fatal condition congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS). The prenatal ultrasound fi ndings of CHAOS include large echogenic lungs, fl attened or inverted diaphragms, dilated airways distal to the obstruction, and fetal ascites and/or hydrops [1]. If it is associated with severe hydrops and/ or assoc...

Thirty-seven fetuses with severe rhesus isoimmunization with a gestational age of less than 30 week underwent 92 intravascular transfusions. Of these, 77 were intracardiac, 13 umbilical vein and two umbilical artery transfusions. Procedure related complications occurred at eight (10%) intracardiac and at two (14%) umbilical cord transfusions. Reversal of hydrops was observed in 10 of 16 fetuses...

Adrenomedullin, a recently identified potent vasodilator, is expressed widely and has been suggested to have functions ranging from reproduction to blood pressure regulation. To elucidate these functions and define more precisely sites of Adm expression, we replaced the coding region of the Adm gene in mice with a sequence encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein while leaving the Adm promot...

Maternal mirror syndrome is a rare consequence of fetal hydrops. By convention, delivery is recommended in pregnancies complicated by mirror syndrome due to grave fetal prognosis. We describe a case of a dichorionic, diamniotic twin gestation complicated by hydrops fetalis of twin B. The patient declined selective feticide. Two weeks later, intrauterine fetal demise of fetus B was diagnosed and...

We report a case of fetal chylothorax and hydrops. Chylothorax is a very rare condition, occurring in approximately 1 in 10000-15000 pregnancies, with an overall mortality rate of 25% to 50%. It is the most common form of pleural effusion in the prenatal period. Available treatments include thoracocentesis, pleuro-amniotic shunting and pleurodesis and the optimal antenatal management and timing...

Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung is a developmental abnormality characterized by abnormal proliferation of terminal bronchioles forming cysts of varying sizes. Extensive lesions are associated with a poor prognosis due to the development of nonimmune hydrops and/or pulmonary hypoplasia. The advent of high-resolution ultrasonography has made it possible to identify these le...

Copyright: © 2012 Makino S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abstract We report a case of severe acute corneal hydrops in a 32-year-old woman with keratoconus associated with Down syndrome. The ...