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PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HAEMOGLOBINURIA IN PREGNANCY: CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Spencer J. A. D.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1980.tb04528.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , varices , nocturnal , thrombosis , varicose veins , venous thrombosis , esophageal varices , portal hypertension , surgery , genetics , cirrhosis , biology
Summary Pregnancy in a woman with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria was complicated by hepatic venous thrombosis, portal hypertension and haematemesis due to gross oesophageal varices. Labour was induced and a live female infant was born. Dural sinus thrombosis and intracerebral haemorrhage resulted in death on the 46th day post partum. A review of the literature shows that venous thrombosis is common in paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria.