Archives of Disease in Childhood, Vol 64, 1391-1393, Copyright © 1989 by Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Fetal ascites: an unusual presentation of Niemann-Pick disease type C
IK Maconochie, S Chong, G Mieli-Vergani, BD Lake and AP Mowat
Department of Child Health, King's College Hospital, London.
Two infants were seen with severe ascites detected before birth, a
previously unreported presentation of Niemann-Pick disease type C. In the
second infant no diagnostic storage cells were present in bone marrow.
Confirmatory investigations were prompted by experience of the first case.