title: Fetal peritonitis due to appendiceal rupture: a rare complication of hydrops.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center for Anatomic Studies, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA. lebelr@upstate.edu
authors.forename: Robert Roger
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Lebel
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Avery
authors.forename: Patti J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Broome
authors.forename: Anthony R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Gregg
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alan
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mostafa
mesh_terms: 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