title: Relapsing fetal bilateral hydrothorax, an isolated expression of a vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation.
abstract: We report a case of bilateral fetal hydrothorax presenting at 20 weeks of pregnancy, spontaneously resolving at 22 weeks and severely relapsing at 28 weeks in a fetus with normal karyotype. The cause was a high-output heart failure caused by vein of Galen malformation.
authors: University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors: Dominique
authors: D
authors: Mannaerts
authors: University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors: Joke
authors: J
authors: Muys
authors: University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Ramaekers
authors: Department of Obstetrics, UZA, Edegem, Belgium.
authors: Yves
authors: Y
authors: Jacquemyn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006876:Hydrothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D066087:Perinatal Death / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012008:Recurrence; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D054080:Vein of Galen Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
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