title: Hepatic fibrosis in congenital cytomegalovirus infection: with fetal ascites and pulmonary hypoplasia.
abstract: This is a report of an infant with congenital cytomegalovirus infection who presented with fetal ascites and pulmonary hypoplasia. Severe hepatic fibrosis was found at postmortem, suggesting that portal hypertension played a role in the pathogenesis of the ascites. The significance of fetal ascites in intrauterine cytomegalovirus infection is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Keene
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Nagey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001201:Ascites / Q000150:complications*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011247:Pregnancy