Lebel Robert Roger, Avery Jennifer M, Broome Patti J, Gregg Anthony R, Alan Carol, Mostafa Mahmoud
Center for Anatomic Studies, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA.
Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2008;27(3):121-5. doi: 10.1080/15513810802077495.
A rare complication (appendiceal perforation with meconium peritonitis) was observed in a second trimester fetus affected by nonimmune fetal hydrops due to parvovirus B-19 infection. The complication is not considered specific to this or any other etiology for hydrops, which is highly heterogeneous; rather it is an expression of the fragility and friability of edematous tissues.