[Unexpected outcome of a twin transfusion syndrome. A case report].
A monochorial biamniotic twin pregnancy was uneventful until 24-weeks amenorrhoea when severe donor-recipient transfusion syndrome occurred. Unexpectedly, the situation stabilised spontaneously with regression of amniotic fluid anomalies. Pathology examination of the placenta revealed that a central placental cotyledon had undergone ischaemic necrosis which could have led to interruption of fetal-fetal transfusion at about 23 weeks amenorrhoea.
Lenain
F
F
Clinique Universitaire de Gynécologie-Obstétrique et Pathologie de la Reproduction, Roubaix.
Subtil
D
D
Guérin
B
B
Carpentier
F
F
Querleu
D
D
Crépin
G
G
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005330:Fetofetal Transfusion / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy