Question
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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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.