Intrauterine tachycardia and periventricular leukomalacia.
We describe a preterm infant of 32 weeks' gestation with hydrops fetalis due to intrauterine supraventricular tachycardia. On the second day of life, cranial ultrasound showed a mainly right-sided periventricular leukomalacia already with porencephalic cysts. These findings were confirmed by autopsy. An association of intrauterine tachycardia with periventricular leukomalacia must be assumed.
Rettwitz-Volk
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Children's University Hospital, Department of Neonatology, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
Fiedler
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Horn
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007969:Leukomalacia, Periventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal