Current view on mirror syndrome (Ballantyne’s syndrome)
https://doi.org/10.18705/2311-4495-2023-10-4-316-321
Abstract
Mirror syndrome (Ballantyne syndrome) is a rare complication of pregnancy that develops on the background of fetal edema of immune or non-immune origin, in which a pregnant woman develops a clinical symptomocomplex similar to severe preeclampsia. The purpose of this review is to present a modern view on the etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and management of pregnancy, complicated by mirror syndrome. Perinatal losses in Ballantyne syndrome reach 56–67 %. The triggering factor in the development of mirror syndrome are conditions in which generalized edema of the fetus and placenta develops, which leads to the development of dropsy of the mother. Correction of the cause of fetal edema leads to regression of clinical symptoms in a pregnant woman. Specialists in the field of fetal surgery should be aware of the possibility of developing this condition during intrauterine correction of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
About the Authors
A. N. Romanovsky
Saint Petersburg University; Maternity Clinic 17
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Artem N. Romanovsky, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology; obstetrician-gynecologist
Saint Petersburg
F. A. Ovsyannikov
Almazov National Medical Research Centre
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Fillip A. Ovsyannikov, PhD, obstetrician-gynecologist
Akkuratova str., 2, Saint Petersburg, 197341
A. V. Osipova
Saint Petersburg University; Maternity Clinic 17
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anastasia V. Osipova, resident of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology
Saint Petersburg
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Review
For citations:
Romanovsky A.N., Ovsyannikov F.A., Osipova A.V. Current view on mirror syndrome (Ballantyne’s syndrome). Translational Medicine. 2023;10(4):316-321. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18705/2311-4495-2023-10-4-316-321
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