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Short communications normal fetal growth despite persistent amniotic fluid leakage after genetic amniocentesis
Author(s) -
Simpson Joe Leigh,
Socol Michael L.,
Aladjem Silvio,
Elias Sherman
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.1970010407
Subject(s) - amniocentesis , amniotic fluid , obstetrics , fetal growth , medicine , fetus , pregnancy , prenatal diagnosis , andrology , biology , genetics
Two women not only lost relatively large amounts of amniotic fluid immediately following genetic amniocentesis, but continued to lose fluid for the remainder of their pregnancies. Periodic ultrasonographic assessment confirmed normal fetal growth and presence of some amniotic fluid. Both women were delivered at term of normal offspring who showed no evidence of fetal deformations. Although amnionitis is a risk, cautious surveillance may permit continuation of pregnancies complicated by copious or persistent amniotic fluid leakage following genetic amniocentesis.