Of 466 fetuses who underwent cardiac ultrasound examination with cross-sectional and M mode echocardiography and pulsed Doppler ultrasound and in whom we were able to follow the natural history, 12 were found to have atrioventricular valve insufficiency and nonimmune hydrops. Eleven fetuses (all of whom had structural heart disease) died either in utero or during the early postnatal period. In ...

Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) is a rare congenital lung lesion, that usually remains asymptomatic during the fetal and neonatal period. However, it can occasionally cause prenatal cardiocirculatory failure hydrops, requiring thoraco-amniotic shunt (TAS) placement. In other cases, also symptoms at birth (such as respiratory distress), may require urgent surgical intervention. T...

Computer aided detection of endolymphatic hydrops to aid the diagnosis of Meniere's disease 1. Introduction Chronic dizziness afflicts over 30% of elderly in the United States, yet remains difficult to manage because of the dearth of sensitive and specific diagnostic tests to differentiate its many potential causes [1,2,3]. Treatment typically involves multiple workups and consultations but oft...

Hydrops fetalis is a well known condition with an extensive list of differential diagnoses. The etiology is divided into immunerelated and nonimmune-related types, and currently almost 90% of cases are associated with the latter category [1]. Among the various nonimmune-related causes, one of the most common are cardiac aberrations [2]. Prenatal ultrasound serves as the initial diagnostic tool ...

PURPOSE To report a young child with bilateral keratoconus in the context of vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) who developed bilateral corneal hydrops associated with eye rubbing, and to discuss the pathogenesis and review the pertinent literature. CASE REPORT A seven-year-old girl with VKC and asymmetric keratoconus developed corneal hydrops due to habitual eye rubbing. Corneal edema subside...

BACKGROUND It is the purpose of this article to describe a suspected association of inadvertent vaccination with varicella vaccine during early pregnancy with the subsequent development of in utero miliary fetal tissue calcifications and fetal hydrops detected by sonogram at 15 weeks of gestation. CASE This is a case presentation of a pregnant patient who received varicella vaccination during...

Since the development of specific MRI sequences for evaluation endolymphatic hydrops (EH), an objective radiological method assessment intralabyrinthine changes is available (Nakashima et al. 2007).