Differentiating fetal hydrops – sonographic landmarks

Purpose: Fetal hydrops remains a challenging problem in prenatal ultrasound with high risk for adverse fetal outcome. Numerous alterations may end up in an unspecific hydrops in the fetus. This report focuses on possible sonographic patterns for different etiologies of fetal hydrops. Material and methods: We reviewed prenatal, obstetrical and neonatal/pediatric records, where applicable pathological records or records of pediatric surgery, of all pregnancies presenting with a fetal hydrops who received prenatal sonographic interrogation by sub-specialised personnel in our tertiary referral center between january…