Diagnosis and Treatment of Twin to Twin Transfusion in the Mid-Second Trimester of Pregnancy
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by S. Karger AG in Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
- Vol. 2 (2) , 71-74
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000263286
Abstract
Acute hydramnios in the second trimester of pregnancy associated with twin to twin transfusion is a rare and usually disastrous complication. Few infants survive the neonatal period. We report a case of acute hydramnios prior to 20 weeks of gestation secondary to twin to twin transfusion documented by fetal blood samples obtained using cordocentesis. Selective fetacide was performed using a new procedure after a pericardial effusion had failed. The hydramnios resolved and the surviving co-twin was delivered at term.Keywords
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