Constrictive pericarditis associated with hydrops fetalis.
We report a rare case of constrictive pericarditis coexistent with a unique heart malformation in a fetus. Cardiac abnormalities, possibly due to a transplacental viral infection, were responsible for severe hydrops fetalis.
Pedemonte
Elena
E
Department of Pathology, University of Florence, Italy.
Anichini
Chiara
C
Nesi
Gabriella
G
Orsi
Alessandra
A
Tozzini
Silvia
S
Gori
Franca
F
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications