PRENATAL-DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION WITH ABNORMAL TRIPLE-SCREEN RESULTS AND HYPERECHOIC FETAL BOWEL

Authors
PETERS MT LOWE TW CARPENTER A KOLE S
Citation
Mt. Peters et al., PRENATAL-DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION WITH ABNORMAL TRIPLE-SCREEN RESULTS AND HYPERECHOIC FETAL BOWEL, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 173(3), 1995, pp. 953-954
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029378
Volume
173
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Pages
953 - 954
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9378(1995)173:3<953:POCCWA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A 14-year-old primigravid adolescent with abnormal triple-marker scree n results at 18 weeks' gestation was found to have hyperechoic fetal b owel. Amniotic fluid culture was positive for cytomegalovirus. Serial ultrasonography demonstrated progressive lateral ventriculomegaly, int rauterine growth retardation, and hydrops fetalis; fetal death occurre d at 32 weeks' gestation.