hydrops fetalis

Etiology

• immune: Rh disease
• nonimmune
  • homozygous alpha thalassemia
  • iron deficiency anemia
  • beta-glucuronidase deficiency
  • Parvovirus B19 infection of the pregnant woman
  • Niemann-Pick Disease Type C
  • Turner Syndrome
  • teratoma, particularly a sacrococcygeal teratoma

Pathology

• generalized edema of the fetus with fluid accumulation in the body cavities

More general terms

• hydrops (dropsy)

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/236750