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Sonographic evaluation of pregnancies with maternal varicella infection
Author(s) -
Pretorius D H,
Hayward I,
Jones K L,
Stamm E
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1992.11.9.459
Subject(s) - medicine , in utero , autopsy , gestation , pregnancy , obstetrics , fetus , varicella zoster virus , viral disease , pediatrics , virus , pathology , immunology , genetics , biology
We reviewed 37 cases of mothers who had varicella‐zoster virus (VZV) infection during early pregnancy, who subsequently underwent fetal sonography in the 13th to 37th week of gestation. Of the five infants later shown to have congenital varicella infection at postnatal examination (1 case) or autopsy (4 cases), all showed ultrasonographic abnormalities suggesting infection, and all died by 4 months of age. None of the 32 unaffected infants demonstrated in utero ultrasonographic abnormalities. No statements about relative risk of being affected by the virus can be made from this data.