Successful ultrasound-guided intrauterine blood transfusion in severe non-immune hydrops fetalis.
Non-immune hydrops fetalis has varied etiology, high mortality and few known successful treatment modalities. A rare case of non-immune fetal hydrops with severe anemia diagnosed prenatally and treated successfully by repeated ultrasound-guided intrauterine blood transfusions is presented.
Buckshee
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Bhatla
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Paul
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VK
D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001805:Blood Transfusion, Intrauterine; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography