title: [Fetal hydrothorax].
abstract: Three cases of bilateral congenital hydrothorax concomitant with hydrops fetalis are presented and compared with similar cases in literature. The hydrops fetalis to our opinion is caused by peripheral hypoxia. The hypoxia has its origin in the restricted cardiac output caused by the bilateral hydrothorax.
mesh_terms: D000649:Amniocentesis; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D006876:Hydrothorax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Fötaler Hydrothorax.