Key result
Maternal primary or recurrent congenital CMV infection can cause severe fetal disease and sudden intrauterine fetal death, as demonstrated by a stillbirth at 18 weeks gestation with massive CMV-placentitis.
Population
1 pregnant woman with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Consider congenital CMV in unexplained stillbirth; extends sparse case reports but leaves open population-level implications.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Highlights the possibility of primary or recurrent congenital CMV infection as a cause for sudden unknown congenital fetal death.
Kost et al. (2007) conducted a case report in Congenital cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy (n=1). Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection was evaluated on Intrauterine fetal death. Maternal primary or recurrent congenital CMV infection can cause severe fetal disease and sudden intrauterine fetal death, as demonstrated by a stillbirth at 18 weeks gestation with massive CMV-placentitis.
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