[Fatal thrombotic microangiopathy in the mother and fetus]

Orv Hetil. 1990 Apr 14;131(15):787-8, 791.
[Article in Hungarian]

Abstract

The appearance of thrombotic microangiopathy (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, haemolytic uraemic syndrome) could have been documented in a 23 years old pregnant woman, who had been treated previously for immune-thrombocytolytic purpura. The disturbing anamnestic data caused significant delay in correct diagnosis and in starting of fresh-frozen plasma therapy, so the woman and her fetus (in utero) had been died. The specific histological microangiopathic lesions could have been well documented by the autopsy of the mother, however no such alterations could have been detected in the fetus and placenta. This latter intriguing observation might be remarkable in the evaluation of several concepts dealing with the aetiopathogenesis of thrombotic microangiopathy. The short review of literature of thrombotic microangiopathy in pregnancy and puerperial period is also given.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Fetal Death
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / complications
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Maternal-Fetal Exchange
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis*
  • Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / complications
  • Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / diagnosis*