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fetal hydrops

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hydrops /hy·drops/ (hi´drops) [L.] edema.
fetal hydrops , hydrops feta´lis gross edema of the entire body, with severe anemia, occurring in hemolytic disease of the newborn.

fetal hydrops
n.
The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in fetal tissues, usually fatal to the fetus.

fetal hydrops.
hydrops [hi´drops] (L.)
old term for edema. adj., adj hydrop´ic.
fetal hydrops (hydrops feta´lis) gross edema of the entire body of the newborn infant, in erythroblastosis fetalis.


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The mother was treated with digoxine, the heart frequency was transiently stabilized, but because of the development of fetal hydrops (induced by arrhythmia) the pregnancy was after 24 hours interrupted by caesarian section.
Cystic hygroma is commonly associated with fetal hydrops and Turner syndrome.
3) Although many obstetrical complications such as polyhydramnios, fetal hydrops, gestational diabetes, and preeclampsia may be associated with a large placenta, placentomegaly in PMD, in and of itself, is thought not to be the cause of fetal complications.
 
 
 
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