Fetal cerebellar hemorrhage in parvovirus-associated non-immune hydrops fetalis

Abstract

We report two cases of fetal cerebellar hemorrhage in the setting of parvovirus-associated hydrops fetalis and fetal blood transfusion. In both cases, the cerebellar hemorrhage was diagnosed by fetal magnetic resonance imaging after intrauterine blood transfusion. To our knowledge, this is the first report of fetal cerebellar hemorrhage in the setting of parvovirus-associated hydrops fetalis, and may be the result of cerebrovascular changes both during and after the transfusion.

Keywords:

• Fetal MRI
• cerebellar hemorrhage
• parvovirus
• hydrops fetalis