Fetal peritonitis due to appendiceal rupture: a rare complication of hydrops.
A rare complication (appendiceal perforation with meconium peritonitis) was observed in a second trimester fetus affected by nonimmune fetal hydrops due to parvovirus B-19 infection. The complication is not considered specific to this or any other etiology for hydrops, which is highly heterogeneous; rather it is an expression of the fragility and friability of edematous tissues.
Lebel
Robert Roger
RR
Center for Anatomic Studies, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA. lebelr@upstate.edu
Avery
Jennifer M
JM
Broome
Patti J
PJ
Gregg
Anthony R
AR
Alan
Carol
C
Mostafa
Mahmoud
M
D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000821:virology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000821:virology*; D008470:Meconium / Q000821:virology; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology; D016732:Parvovirus B19, Human / Q000472:pathogenicity; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000821:virology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal