Open AccessThrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in the first trimester of pregnancy
Author(s) -
Pooja Sikka,
Seema Chopra,
Neelam Aggarwal,
Vanita Suri,
Abi Chandrasekaran
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.106746
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura , pregnancy , therapeutic plasma exchange , first trimester , post partum , obstetrics , third trimester , fetus , pediatrics , platelet , genetics , biology
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) occurs more commonly in women and so can be associated with pregnancy. The time during pregnancy with greatest risk for development of TTP is near term and during the post partum period. TTP occurring in early trimester is uncommon and is also associated with great maternal and fetal mortality. We report a successful outcome of pregnancy in a woman with TTP in early first trimester who was treated with therapeutic plasma exchange.