Durand B, Doyen C, Guibaud S, Calvet A M, Thoulon J M, Cordier-Alex M P, Arnould P, Mellier G
Laboratoire Central, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon.
J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 1997;26(8):828-30.
A case of non immunologic hydrops fetalis associated with parvovirus B19 infection is reported. Viral etiology was suspected by the pattern of overstimulated lymphocytes in fetal ascites and confirmed later by identification of parvovirus B19 by PCR. The cytologic finding center helps the precocious diagnosis.