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Perinatal/Neonatal Case Presentation

Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis due to Congenital Xerocytosis

Journal of Perinatology volume 25, pages 63–65 (2005)Cite this article

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Hereditary xerocytosis is a rare hemolytic anemia in which erythrocytes are dehydrated due to a loss of potassium and water through their cell wall membrane. In adults, this condition leads to a mild-to-moderate hemolysis. We report a case of hydrops fetalis secondary to hereditary xerocytosis. Management with intrauterine erythrocyte and albumin transfusions resulted in a favorable postnatal course.

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  1. Unitat Integrada de Pediatria Hospital Clínic-Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

    María Pilar Vicente-Gutiérrez MD & Inés Castelló-Almazán MD

  2. Servei de Neonatologia, Institut Clínic de Ginecologia, Obstetrícia y Neonatologia, Unitat Integrada de Pediatria, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

    Maria Dolors Salvía-Roiges MD, PhD, José Manuel Rodríguez-Miguélez MD, Josep Figueras-Aloy MD, PhD & Xavier Carbonell-Estrany MD, PhD

  3. Unitat de Patología Eritrocitària, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

    Joan-Lluis Vives-Corrons MD, PhD

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Vicente-Gutiérrez, M., Castelló-Almazán, I., Salvía-Roiges, M. et al. Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis due to Congenital Xerocytosis. J Perinatol 25, 63–65 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7211200

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