Causes for fetal edema of lower limbs are:
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Non-lymphatic edema.
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Turner syndrome
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Noonan syndrome
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Lymphedema-distichiasis syndrome (double row of eyelashes)[1],[2]
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Lymphedema and ptosis syndrome.
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Milroy lymphedema (Hereditary lymphedema type I, primary congenital lymphedema, early-onset congenital lymphedema, Nonne-Milroy lymphedema).
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Meige lymphedema (Hereditary lymphedema type II, late-onset congenital lymphedema, lymphedema praecox)[3].
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Congenital recessive type lymphedema[4].
Milroy's primary congenital lymphedema (PCL)
References
[1] Dale RF.Primary lymphoedema when found with distichiasis is of the type defined as bilateral hyperplasia by lymphography. J Med Genet 1987 Mar;24(3):170-1
[2] Fang J, Dagenais SL, Erickson RP, Arlt MF, Glynn MW, Gorski JL, Seaver LH, Glover TW. Mutations in FOXC2 (MFH-1), a forkhead family transcription factor, are responsible for the hereditary lymphedema-distichiasis syndrome.Am J Hum Genet 2000 Dec;67(6):1382-8
[3] Herbert FA, Bowen PA. Hereditary late-onset lymphedema with pleural effusion and laryngeal edema. Arch Intern Med 1983 May;143(5):913-5
[4] Mucke J, Hoepffner W, Scheerschmidt G, Gornig H, Beyreiss K. Early onset lymphoedema, recessive form--a new form of genetic lymphoedema syndrome. Eur J Pediatr 1986 Aug;145(3):195-8
Now, we knew the fetal karyotype was normal and that it was not a case of secondary edema due to a cardiovascular anomaly/disease.