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Review
. 2018 Jul 31:30:238.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2018.30.238.15296. eCollection 2018.

[Ballantyne syndrome complicated by eclampsia: about a case and literature review]

[Article in French]
Fatima El Mangoub  1 , Rachid Ait Bouhou  1 , Zakaria Idri  1 , Jaouad Kouach  1 , Khalid Guelzim  1 , Driss Moussaoui Rahali  1
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[Ballantyne syndrome complicated by eclampsia: about a case and literature review]

[Article in French]
Fatima El Mangoub et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract
in English, French

Ballantyne syndrome or preeclampsia (Mirror syndrome) is a rare clinical entity. Ethiopathogenesis is still poorly elucidated. Diagnosis must be suspected in patients with maternal edematous syndrome associated with fetal anasarca. Guarded fetal prognosis can be associate with strong maternal morbidity. This highlights the role of early diagnosis based on cause detection aimed to establish an antenatal treatment that could improve maternofoetal prognosis. We report and discuss in the light of a literature review a case of a probable Ballantyne syndrome secondary to fetal malformative syndrome complicated by eclampsia in the mother.

Le syndrome de Ballantyne ou préeclampsie en miroir est une entité clinique rare. Son ethiopathogénie reste encore mal élucidée. Son diagnostic doit être évoqué devant un syndrome œdémateux maternel associé à un état d'anasarque fœtal. Le pronostic fœtal réservé auquel peut s'associer une forte morbidité maternelle expliquent l'intérêt de poser un diagnostic précoce en identifiant son étiologie afin d'établir un traitement anténatal pouvant améliorer ainsi le pronostic materno-fœtal. Nous rapportons et discuterons à la lumière d'une revue de la littérature, le cas d'un probable syndrome de Ballantyne secondaire à un syndrome malformatif fœtal compliqué d'éclampsie chez la mère.

Keywords: Ballantyne; Preeclampsia mirror; hydrops foetalis; maternofoetal alloimmunisation.

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Figure 1
Echographie obstétricale en coupe transversale (A) et sagittale (B) montrant une anasarque fœtale avec un épanchement péritonéal, pleural et hydramnios
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Figure 2
Aspect morphologique du nouveau-né prématuré montrant: une infiltration cutanée avec distension abdominale (A) et agénésie de 4 orteils (B)
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Figure 3
Aspect macroscopique du placenta
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