introduction hydrops fetalis is a serious condition in fetal period, characterized by the presence of serous fluid accumulation in at least two potential spaces in fetus including pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, and ascites. the incidence of hydrops fetalis is one per 2500-3000 pregnancies. this condition is followed by different diseases. fetal hemolytic anemia and its hypoxemia due to...

Hydrops conditions of the placenta in the mare are uncommon, with hydrops allantois being reported more frequently than hydrops amnion. The condition in the mare usually develops during the last trimester of pregnancy and is characterized by the excessive accumulation of allantoic (hydrops allantois) or amnionic fluid (hydrops amnion). The sequelae of unnoticed or untreated hydrops allantois/ a...

objective :t o investigate the hematologic indices of mothers in non-immune hydrops fetalis pregnancies and identify the possible causative role of alpha-thalassemia among them. material and methods: from 2005 to 2007, 11386 hydrops fetalis cases in three major obstetric hospitals affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences were recorded. indirect coombs test and hematologic indices of ...

Griffiths et al. (1997b) reported a 75-year-old man with a right hemisphere infarction which was supposedly causing misperception of sound-source movement and amusia. This contravenes Morgan’s Canon, that no behaviour should be explained in terms of higher psychological processes until simpler physiological or sensory mechanisms have been excluded. Griffiths et al. (1997a) described another pat...

PURPOSE To address the controversial issue of whether the occurrence of corneal hydrops adversely affects the fate of subsequent penetrating keratoplasty (PK), this study compared the long-term outcomes of PK in keratoconic eyes with resolved corneal hydrops with those without prior corneal hydrops. METHODS This was a retrospective chart review of 102 eyes of 102 patients with keratoconus who...

OBJECTIVE To describe the current investigation and management of non-immune fetal hydrops, with a focus on treatable or recurring etiologies. OUTCOMES To provide better counselling and management in cases of prenatally diagnosed non-immune hydrops. EVIDENCE Published literature was retrieved through searches of PubMed or MEDLINE, CINAHL, and The Cochrane Library in 2011 using key words (no...

Parvovirus B19 infection is often asymptomatic, but clinical expressions may include transient aplastic crisis, erythema infectiosum, non-immune hydrops fetalis, and chronic red cell aplasia. This virus has also been associated with rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune connective tissue diseases; however, we could not identify any acute adult myositis case developed after a Parvovirus B19 ...