IDIOPATHIC FETAL ASCITES ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCY FROM FATHER-DAUGHTER INCEST - A CASE-REPORT

A 15-year-old primigravida registered late for antenatal care (23 week s). Ultrasound examination revealed massive idiopathic fetal ascites n ecessitating in utero paracentesis at 27 weeks. The family was sociall y dislocated, and the patient's alcoholic father doted on her. A live female fetus with ascites and multiple congenital abnormalities teas d elivered at 34 weeks. Following repented hospitalization, the infant d ied of pneumonitis, at 5 months of age; autopsy could not determine th e cause of the ascites. Young pregnant teenagers from broken homes. wi th doting behavior from an alcoholic father should be suspected of bei ng incest victims.