Clinical-Pathological Conference Series from the Medical University of Graz Case No 155: 26-year-old woman in third trimester of pregnancy with epigastric pain and thrombocytopenia

Elisabeth Fabian; Florian Eisner; Ingrid Pabinger; Christian Viertler; Sigrid Regauer; Andreas Lueger; Peter Neumeister; Eva-Christine Weiss; Wolfgang Schöll; Uwe Lang; Florian Prüller; Guenter J Krejs

doi:10.1007/s00508-015-0829-0

Clinical-Pathological Conference Series from the Medical University of Graz Case No 155: 26-year-old woman in third trimester of pregnancy with epigastric pain and thrombocytopenia

Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2015 Sep;127(17-18):707-14. doi: 10.1007/s00508-015-0829-0. Epub 2015 Aug 7.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria.
² Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
³ Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
⁵ Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
⁷ Department of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
⁸ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria. [email protected].

PMID: 26248584
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-015-0829-0

No abstract available

Keywords: ADAMTS-13; Complicated pregnancy; HUS (hemolytic uremic syndrome); Plasmapheresis; TMA (thrombotic microangiopathy); TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura).

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / diagnosis*
Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / diagnosis*
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / diagnosis*
Pregnancy Trimester, Third
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / diagnosis*
Thrombocytopenia / diagnosis