[Hydrops universalis and respiratory distress due to congenital lung tumor]

A case of an immature female newborn child is reported, with a solitary alveolarcell adenoma rising from the left lower lobe of the lung. The consequences of the congenital blastoma of the lung, which is to be regarded as hamartoma, are Hydrops fetalis, a polyhydramnion, respectively a Respiratory Distress not responding to treatment. Finally a survey of the available literature is given on non-immunologic Hydrops fetalis caused by congenital tumors.