Image Based Question – 66915

Golden colour of fluid marked by a red arrow in the picture below is seen in ?

A. Rh incompatibility.

B. Fetal death.

C. IUGR.

D. Fetal distress.

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Correct Answer » A Explanation

The fluid marked by a red arrow in the picture above represents amniotic fluid.

Colour of amniotic fluid

• Pregnancy — Colourless

• Near term — Pale straw coloured due to presence of exfoliated lanugo hairs and epidermal cells from the fetal skin.

• Abnormal colour

Green – meconium stained – fetal distress/breech or transverse position/Listeria infection

Golden yellow Rh incompatibility (Because bilirubin levels are increased in amniotic fluid in case of Rh incompatibility).

Greenish yellow (saffron) – post maturity.

Dark coloured – concealed hemorrhage.

Dark brown (tobacco juice) – in case of IUD.