Foetaler Ascites als Geburtshindernis

Hydrops Foetalis without Blood Group Incompatibility but Associated with Hydramnios

“…Other rare causes of fetal ascites are fetal peritonitis (23,43), chylous ascites (49) and a ruptured ovarian cyst (48). The ascites is not seldom so extensive as to cause dystocia with spontaneous rupture of the abdominal wall (Dorland) or necessitating surgical perforation (4,31). The nephrotic syndronze is very rare in the newborn (16,21,27).…”