Open AccessPregnancy Complicated by Extreme Hyperlipaemia and Foam‐Cell Accumulation in Placenta
Author(s) -
Nielsen F. Hassing,
Jacobsen B. Brock,
Rolschau J.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347309158495
Subject(s) - placenta , medicine , intervillous space , pregnancy , postpartum period , triglyceride , cholesterol , obstetrics , physiology , endocrinology , fetus , biology , genetics
. A case of extreme hyperlipaemia in a 25‐year‐old primigravida is reported. The presenting symptom was an attack of acute abdominal pain at term. During this attack triglyceride and serum cholesterol levels were found to be increased excessively. The course of labour was uneventful. Histological examination of the placenta revealed accumulation of lipid‐containing macrophages in the intervillous space, a finding which has not been described previously. The patient was kept under observation over a period of 5 months postpartum. During this period the serum lipid concentration decreased, whereas a slight type IV hyperlipaemia persisted.