title: Congenital cytomegalovirus infection.
abstract: Three cases of overt congenital cytomegalovirus infection, each with a different mode of presentation, are documented. Common features of presentation were hepatosplenomegaly, skin petechiae, neonatal jaundice and gross hepatic dysfunction. One infant presented with hydrops fetalis, a feature not described before. Two infants survived and are at present developing normally.
mesh_terms: D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male