Severe Hypoproteinemia in a Fetus after Pleuro-Amniotic Shunts with Double-Basket Catheters for Treatment of Chylothorax

Autor: Akio Izumi, Ikuo Sato, Hirohiko Shiraishi, Hisanori Minakami, Toshimitsu Koike, Shuichi Kosuge
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research. 26:373-376
ISSN: 1447-0756
1341-8076
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2000.tb01342.x
Popis: The prognosis of a fetus with hydrothorax at mid-trimester is extremely poor. We encountered a fetus who developed bilateral chylothoraxes at 23 weeks of gestation. Bilateral pleuroamniotic shunts with double-basket catheters were successfully installed at 25 weeks of gestation. Hydrothorax did not recur in this fetus. After the shunting, however, polyhydroamnios, fetal hypoproteinemia, and placental edema developed, and the hydrops worsened. The drainage of the fetal pleural effusion into the amniotic cavity was believed to have contributed to these complications. The infant, born at 29 weeks of gestation, died of cardiac failure and pulmonary hypoplasia. Thus, the shunts did not ameliorate the adverse conditions in this patient.
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