FETAL SPLENIC RUPTURE FOLLOWING TRANSFUSION
作者:
Paul Whitecar,
Natalie Depcik-Smith,
Robert Strauss,
Kenneth Moise,
期刊:
Obstetrics & Gynecology
(OVID Available online 2001)
卷期:
Volume 97,
issue 5
页码: 824-825
ISSN:0029-7844
年代: 2001
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
BackgroundSplenic rupture in the newborn is a rare complication in erythroblastosis fetalis. There are no reports of splenic rupture in the fetus affected by hemolytic disease of the newborn.CaseA 41-year-old gravida 3, para 2-0-0-2 with severe rhesus alloimmunization was managed with serial intrauterine transfusions resulting in fetal death after the fourth procedure. Autopsy findings revealed intra-abdominal clotted blood and splenic capsular defects consistent with splenic rupture.ConclusionFetal splenic rupture might occur in hemolytic disease of the newborn associated with splenomegaly. Acute hemodynamic changes with increased intra-abdominal pressure from intrauterine transfusion might precipitate splenic rupture.
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