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Case Reports
. 2021 Mar 16:2021:5552877.
doi: 10.1155/2021/5552877. eCollection 2021.

Transitory Fetal Skin Edema in a Pregnant Patient with a Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Alicia Martínez-Varea  1 , Julia Desco-Blay  1 , Sagrario Monfort  1 , María Hueso-Villanueva  1 , Alfredo Perales-Marín  1 , Vicente José Diago-Almela  1
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Transitory Fetal Skin Edema in a Pregnant Patient with a Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Alicia Martínez-Varea et al. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. .

Abstract

Background: Vertical transmission of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still controversial. Additionally, the consequences of the infection during pregnancy in the offspring also are unknown.

Case: A transitory fetal skin edema and polyhydramnios have been demonstrated by ultrasound in a pregnant patient with COVID-19 after a negative RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2. The fetal findings presented a spontaneous resolution in utero, and abnormal findings were not found in the newborn.

Conclusion: Women who have undergone SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy should receive a subsequent appropriate follow-up in order to clarify the fetal consequences of the novel coronavirus, if any.

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Figure 1
(a) A transitory fetal skin edema (11 mm) was visualized in the axial plane of the fetal head by ultrasound at 36 3/7 weeks of pregnancy. (b) Sagittal view of the transitory fetal head skin edema at 36 3/7 weeks of pregnancy.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Polyhydramnios (maximum vertical pocket 86 mm at 36 3/7 weeks of pregnancy).
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