Fetal meconium peritonitis after maternal hepatitis A

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1999 Apr;180(4):1031-2. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(99)70678-2.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Ascites / diagnostic imaging
  • Ascites / embryology
  • Ascites / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Fetal Diseases / embryology
  • Fetal Diseases / etiology*
  • Hepatitis A / complications*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Meconium*
  • Peritonitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Peritonitis / embryology
  • Peritonitis / etiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious*
  • Ultrasonography