Sonographic Demonstration of Intracranial Hemorrhage in a Fetus with Hydrops Fetalis due to Rh Alloimmunization after Intrauterine Intravascular Transfusion: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Melekoglu, Rauf; Celik, Ebru; Kural, Hasim
- Source
- Case Reports in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 3/26/2018, p1-5. 5p.
- Subject
- *ULTRASONIC imaging of cancer
*HYDROPS fetalis
*ALLOIMMUNITY
*INTRAUTERINE blood transfusion
- Language
- ISSN
- 2090-6684
Intrauterine transfusion is the most common and successful intrauterine procedure for the treatment of fetal anemia due to red cell alloimmunization. Fetal intracranial hemorrhage is a very rare complication of intrauterine transfusion in patients with Rh(D) alloimmunization and it has been demonstrated only in a few case reports in the literature. Herein, we described a case of grade IV intraventricular hemorrhage that was diagnosed following the first intrauterine transfusion and reviewed the literature about the fetal intracranial hemorrhage that occurred after intrauterine intravascular transfusion procedure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]