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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in pregnancy
Author(s) -
ATLAS M.,
BARKAI G.,
MENCZER J.,
HOULU N.,
LIEBERMAN P.
Publication year - 1982
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.1471-0528.1982.tb03640.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura , uterine inertia , aprotinin , oxytocin , purpura (gastropod) , differential diagnosis , obstetrics , platelet , surgery , pathology , ecology , genetics , biology
Summary. A 20 week primigravida with intrauterine fetal death and the rare occurrence of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in pregnancy is presented. Aprotinin has been used to overcome uterine inertia non‐responsive to oxytocin stimulation. TTP was successfully treated with repeated plasmaphereses. The literature is briefly reviewed and the complexity and importance of the differential diagnosis specific to the pregnant patient is discussed.