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Transfusion Syndrome in a Triplet Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

J.C. Pons ,
F. Olivennes ,
H. Fernandez ,
I. Ramdin ,
J.M. Mayenga ,
R. Bessis  and
E. Papiernik
J.C. Pons*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France
F. Olivennes
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France
H. Fernandez
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France
I. Ramdin
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France
J.M. Mayenga
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France
R. Bessis
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France
E. Papiernik
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France
*
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, 157 rue de la Porte de Trivaux, F-92141 Clamart, France

Abstract

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A case is reported of a transfusion syndrome in a triplet pregnancy with intrauterine death of two of the fetuses. This is an exceptional occurrence in a triplet pregnancy and raises the problem of the management of multiple pregnancies associated with the death of one or more of the fetuses. The problem of the method of delivery and the complications arising in triplet dizygotic pregnancies is discussed.

Keywords

Triplet pregnancyTransfusion syndromeIntrauterine deathZygosityVaginal delivery
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , July 1990 , pp. 389 - 393
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1990

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