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Severe fetal cytomegalic inclusion disease after documented maternal reactivation of cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy

✍ Scribed by Thierry Rousseau; Serge Douvier; Isabelle Reynaud; Nicole Laurent; Jean-Baptiste Bour; Christine Durand; Gilles Spagnolo; Paul Sagot

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 237 KB
Volume: 20
Category: Article
ISSN: 0197-3851
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(200004)20:4<333::aid-pd796>3.0.co;2-k

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✦ Synopsis

Recurrent cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy is considered less dangerous for the fetus than primary infection. We present a case of severe fetal cytomegalic inclusion disease after maternal reactivation of cytomegalovirus during the ®rst trimester of pregnancy. The possibility of such fetal injury is an argument for prenatal diagnosis in seropositive pregnant women when ultrasonographic ®ndings suggest cytomegalovirus infection.