Cases of Rhesus incompatibility resulting in the condition known as hydrops foetalis do badly. Mollison and Cutbush (1954) state 'it is doubtful if infants born with ascites ever survive', and it is difficult to find any record of survival. Heilig, Tudor, Smith and Platou (1948) report two cases of hydrops, one of which survived with a hemiplegia. Van Loghem, van Bolhuis, Soeters and Veeneklaas...

Endocardial fibroelastosis, defined as an endocardium in excess of 30 microns thick, was found in 10 out of 34 cases of hydrops fetalis in a review of 1589 perinatal necropsies carried out between 1976 and 1989. The infants comprised 16 cases of rhesus haemolytic disease, of whom three had endocardial fibroelastosis, and 18 cases of non-rhesus hydrops, of whom seven had endocardial fibroelastos...

Ménière's disease with all of its clinical manifestations can be divided into two categories – those symptoms that derive from the cochlea (the anterior labyrinth) and/or those that arise from the vestibular labyrinth or the posterior part of the inner ear. The symptoms that arise from the cochlea include hearing loss, which can be fluctuant and progressive and often is, or tinnitus which can b...

INTRODUCTION Mirror syndrome, also referred to as Ballantyne's syndrome, is normally defined as the development of maternal edema in association with fetal hydrops. The incidence of mirror syndrome is low and few cases have been published. We describe a case report in association with fetal Ebstein anomaly and provide a systematic review on the fetal associated conditions, maternal presentation...

Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII (MPS VII, beta glucuronidase deficiency) has been described in association with non-immune hydrops fetalis. Three consecutive pregnancies in an itinerant family, which resulted in stillbirths caused by non-immune hydrops are described. The parents were closely related and there was a strong family history of storage disorders. The main clue to the diagnosis, howev...

Fetal tachyarrhythmia is a rare but serious disease. Without treatment, it may progress to fetal cardiac failure, hydrops fetalis and in utero fetal death. With the rapid advancement in fetal echocardiographic equipment and techniques, such arrhythmia can be diagnosed accurately during prenatal life by using M-mode echocardiogram and doppler. Prenatal control of the tachyarrhythmia can be achie...

A case of mucopolysaccharidosis type VII (MPS VII, beta glucuronidase deficiency) causing fatal hydrops fetalis in the third trimester is presented. The diagnosis was suspected on histopathological examination by the presence of foam cells in many of the viscera and foamy change in the placental Hofbauer cells. Electron microscopy showed empty cytoplasmic inclusion bodies within macrophages and...

Hydrops fetalis is rarely caused by congenital dyserythropoietic anemia (CDA). We report a patient with hydrops fetalis as a result of severe anemia. This patient needed intrauterine transfusions from 21 weeks of gestation until birth. The hematologic study showed an atypical CDA (hydrops fetalis-associated CDA) characterized by features resembling CDA type II, but negative acidified serum lysi...

BACKGROUND Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous herpes virus that persists lifelong in normal humans by colonizing memory B cells. Infection during childhood is usually asymptomatic. Isolated gallbladder wall thickening or hydrops have been reported in patients with EBV infectious mononucleosis. However, acute acalculous cholecystitis is an atypical clinical presentation of primary EBV infe...