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.
Children's University Hospital, Department of Neonatology, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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Rettwitz-Volk
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Fiedler
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Horn
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