Z. Ergaz et I. Arad, BASAL GANGLIA AND THALAMIC CALCIFICATION FOLLOWING INTRAUTERINE INTRAVASCULAR TRANSFUSION, Journal of perinatal medicine, 22(3), 1994, pp. 253-255
In recent years intrauterine intravascular transfusion has become the
method of choice for the treatment of severe fetal erythroblastosis. D
espite the association of the procedure with fetal complications such
as bradycardia and overtransfusion, later neonatal neurological conseq
uences have been only rarely reported. A case is described of a neonat
e who underwent repealed intrauterine intravascular transfusion for tr
eatment of erythroblastosis and who later developed calcification in t
he thalamus and the basal ganglia. The possible pathogenetic mechanism
s are discussed.