In a global first, doctors at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad, saved a baby born at 27 weeks with immune hydrops fetalis. Despite ...

Hydrops fetalis is a life-threatening condition where excessive amounts of fluid build up inside an unborn or newborn baby’s body. Fluid build up can occur in any part of the body, but it is ...

The appearance is one typical of hydrops fetalis, with ascites and gross enlargement of the liver and, less consistently, the spleen. Petechial hemorrhages and extramedullary erythropoiesis are ...

Hydrops fetalis, often referred to as hydrops, is a serious condition characterized by the accumulation of excessive fluid in a baby's tissues and organs, leading to significant swelling (edema).

Fifth disease is often diagnosed by the clinical signs and symptoms, most commonly the slapped cheek appearance due to ... This typically results in hydrops fetalis, intrauterine fetal death ...

Babies can also experience a condition known as hydrops fetalis, where fluid starts to accumulate in spaces where fluid is normally not present. This includes spaces in the: In addition ...

Professor Sahar Mansour, lead clinician for the study and clinical geneticist at St George's, said: "Hydrops fetalis affects 1 in 1,000 babies. Many of these babies die either in the womb or ...

Researchers have discovered a gene mutation underlying hydrops fetalis -- a fatal condition to fetuses due to fluid buildup in the space between organs. The proteins at the center of this finding ...

It's an extremely rare condition known as hydrops fetalis, which affects 1,000 pregnancies every year, and has a 10 per cent survival rate. An ultrasound later revealed she also had cystic hygroma ...

They can range from mild anemia and jaundice to fetal death in utero. Hydrops Fetalis: This is the severest form of the disease in newborns and is characterized by extreme edema (abnormal ...