title: Fetal parvovirus B19 infection and meconium peritonitis.
abstract: A 33-year-old primigravida at 26 weeks gestation presented with fetal hydrops and fetal anemia following prior parvovirus B19 infection. The fetus required two intrauterine transfusions of packed red cells. At 35 weeks gestation, a cesarean section was performed for obstetric reasons. As a consequence of a prenatal bowel perforation, the neonate developed meconium peritonitis, for which she needed laparotomy. This case demonstrates that there may be an association between intrauterine parvovirus infection and meconium peritonitis, the latter possibly caused by vascular injury in fetal life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, Center of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Bonn, Germany. rlschild@mailer.meb.uni-bonn.de
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Schild
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Plath
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schulte-Wissermann
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Eis-Hübinger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hansmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia; D001805:Blood Transfusion, Intrauterine; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008470:Meconium; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016732:Parvovirus B19, Human; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy