Fetal meconium peritonitis after maternal hepatitis A.

McDuffie, R S; Bader, T · Am J Obstet Gynecol · 1999

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Hepatitis A virus has rarely been implicated in congenital infections. After maternal hepatitis A at 13 weeks' gestation, ultrasonographic examinations revealed fetal ascites (20 weeks) and meconium peritonitis (33 weeks). After delivery, a perforated distal ileum was resected. Elevated levels of hepatitis A immunoglobulin G persisted in the infant 6 months after delivery.

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