Meconium peritonitis and parvovirus B19 infection associated with hydrops fetalis

Sithembiso Velaphi; Gary Reubenson; Firdose Nakwa

doi:10.1179/146532806X152926

Meconium peritonitis and parvovirus B19 infection associated with hydrops fetalis

Ann Trop Paediatr. 2006 Dec;26(4):371-5. doi: 10.1179/146532806X152926.

Authors

Sithembiso Velaphi¹, Gary Reubenson, Firdose Nakwa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. velaphisc@medicine.wits.ac.za

PMID: 17132305
DOI: 10.1179/146532806X152926

Abstract

Two preterm infants with non-immune hydrops fetalis associated with meconium peritonitis are reported. The first presented with a cystic abdominal mass and the second had positive parvovirus B19 serology. The association of meconium peritonitis with hydrops fetalis was through different mechanisms in each patient.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Calcinosis / complications
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Hydrops Fetalis / etiology*
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Premature, Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Meconium
Parvoviridae Infections / complications*
Parvovirus B19, Human*
Peritonitis / complications*
Peritonitis / diagnostic imaging
Radiography