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  • Title: Fatal fetal hemorrhage and placental pathology. Report of three cases and a new setting.
    Author: Schmidt WA, Affleck JA, Jacobson SL.
    Journal: Placenta; 2005 May; 26(5):419-31. PubMed ID: 15850647.
    Abstract:
    We report three cases of late third trimester fetal death in utero consequent to fetal exsanguination from the chorionic vasculature. In general, fetal hemorrhage is unusual, exsanguination is rare and the location and basis of the hemorrhage varies widely. Intragestational and intrapartum hemorrhage is far more often of maternal rather than fetal origin. Even when severe, the former is almost always manageable whilst the latter may be clinically obscure, intractable, catastrophic and fatal. In this presentation, we review and characterize fetal hemorrhage by anatomical location and on the basis of its underlying origins. In our first two cases, the chorionic vascular failure is understood on the basis of mechanical factors, such as tearing by the presenting part or an amniotomy hook. Our third case demonstrates the first reported instance in which a severe chorionic vasculopathy has damaged a placental surface vessel sufficiently to permit spontaneous rupture and fetal exsanguination.
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