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Perinatal hepatic infarction in twin–twin transfusion
Author(s) -
O'Sullivan M. J.,
Dempsey E. M.,
Kirwan W. O.,
Ryan C. A.
Publication year - 2002
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.326
Subject(s) - medicine , twin pregnancy , gestation , obstetrics , echogenicity , infarction , fetus , pregnancy , abdominal mass , surgery , myocardial infarction , ultrasonography , biology , genetics
We report a case of a twin pregnancy which was complicated by a twin–twin transfusion in which the recipient twin was noted to have an intra‐abdominal echogenic mass. This twin died at two days of age of hepatic infarction. The donor twin was healthy at birth, at thirty weeks' gestation, and did not have any subsequent problems. Fetal intra‐abdominal echogenicity may be a marker of hepatic infarction. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.