title: Intra-abdominal umbilical vein varix associated with fetal cardiac failure: a pitfall to the prenatal diagnosis of α-zero-thalassemia.
abstract: Hydrops fetalis related to homozygous α-thalassemia is a rare condition in Western Europe. We report a case of fetal cardiac failure that occurred after a second-trimester diagnosis of fetal umbilical vein aneurysm that was postnatally related to α-thalassemia.
authors.affiliation: Pôle de Périnatalité, Centre pluridisciplinaire de Diagnostic prénatal de l'Est Parisien, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, APHP, Paris, France. jonathan.rosenblatt@trs.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosenblatt
authors.forename: Annina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loberstajn
authors.forename: Aurore
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coulomb
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stos
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garel
authors.forename: Bassel
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abarah
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bénifla
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Jouannic
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult; D017085:alpha-Thalassemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis