Feto-Feto-Fetal triplet transfusion syndrome (FFFTTS)
β Scribed by Michael Entezami; Sanyukta Runkel; Rolf Becker; Hans Karl Weitzel; Birgit Arabin
- Book ID
- 101292440
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 172 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1057-0802
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β¦ Synopsis
We report a case of feto-feto-fetal-transfusion-syndrome (FFFTS) in a spontaneous monochorionic triamniotic triplet pregnancy primarily diagnosed at 17 weeks of gestation. During the course of pregnancy, sequentially two triplets appeared as donor. Symptoms of a recipient (polyhydramnios, tricuspid valve insufficiency, and ascites) were present in the third triplet. The second of the donor twins died in utero at 25 weeks. At 27 weeks, a cesarean section was performed mainly due to pre-eclampsia. The first donor triplet developed normally, whereas the recipient showed periventricular leucomalacia and neurogical impairment.
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36 MCDA twin pregnancies with FFTS investigated by fetal blood sampling (FBS) were studied over a 10-year period (1988)(1989)(1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997). The haematological data obtained at FBS were compared between the donor and recipient fetuses. It was shown that the donor fe