Pulmonary Hypoplasia Caused by Fetal Ascites in Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Despite Fetal Therapy

• Main Authors: Kazumichi Fujioka (Author), Ichiro Morioka (Author), Kosuke Nishida (Author), Mayumi Morizane (Author), Kenji Tanimura (Author), Masashi Deguchi (Author), Kazumoto Iijima (Author), Hideto Yamada (Author)
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• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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We report two cases of pulmonary hypoplasia due to fetal ascites in symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections despite fetal therapy. The patients died soon after birth. The pathogenesis of pulmonary hypoplasia in our cases might be thoracic compression due to massive fetal ascites as a...