Fetal ascites associated with ABO incompatibility: case report and review of the literature.
We report a pregnancy complicated by anti-B isoimmunization that resulted in fetal ascites, anemia, hepatomegaly, and polyhydramnios. A previous pregnancy in the same patient was complicated by neonatal ABO incompatibility. A review of the obstetric literature suggests that ABO incompatibility may cause severe fetal anemia, especially in patients with type O blood or a previous history of ABO incompatibility of the newborn.
Stiller
R J
RJ
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bridgeport Hospital, CT 06610, USA.
Herzlinger
R
R
Siegel
S
S
Whetham
J C
JC
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D000328:Adult; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System