FETAL PERITONITIS DUE TO APPENDICEAL RUPTURE: A RARE COMPLICATION OF HYDROPS

Robert Roger Lebel Center for Anatomic Studies, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA

Jennifer M. Avery Center for Anatomic Studies, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA

Patti J. Broome Center for Anatomic Studies, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA

Anthony R. Gregg Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of South Carolina Medical School, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Carol Alan Waverly Women's Health Clinic, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Mahmoud Mostafa Greater Columbia Ob/Gyn, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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.

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