Ballantyne syndrome complicated by eclampsia: About a case and literature review

Abstract

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.