Fœtal Malformation

Hématome sous dural fœtal

L'hématome sous dural in utero (HSD) est très rare, se soldant fréquemment par le décès du fœtus. Le mécanisme de formation de ces hématomes n'est pas encore élucidé. Le premier cas a été rapporté en 1977 par Mc Donald et coll. Le diagnostic est posé le plus souvent par l'échographie. L'imagerie par résonance magnétique peut être réalisée si existe un doute diagnostique. L'hématome est le plus ...

Iniencephaly : A Type of Fœtal Monstrosity

Studies in Fœtal Pathology and Teratology

I have reserved for separate consideration the dropsical foetus born along with a healthy infant, for its characters appear to differ in a marked manner from those met with when the (edematous foetus is the sole result of the pregnancy. Sometimes general dropsy is found in a twin developed within a separate chorion and with a separate placenta; but it is much more commonly met with in the monoc...

Congenital Dilatation of the Fœtal Urinary Bladder

History of the case The patient was a Hindu Bengali, aged 30 years, a primigravida in her seventh month of pregnancy. The abdomen was tense and appeared like full term. Foetal parts could not be made out nor the fetal heart sounds heard. Excess of liquor amnii was diagnosed. The labour pains soon started and after a normal easy labour lasting about twelve hours the patient was delivered of twin...

Fœtal Loss in Hæmolytic Disease of the Newborn

H;MOLYTIC disease of the newborn is one of the best examples of a condition in the common ground where the spheres of the obstetrician and puediatrician overlap. T'he general principles of the inheritance of the Rhesus blood groups, and of the pathogenesis of the condition are now well known. h'l'ere is also general agreement on the superiority of replacement transfusion over simple transfusion...