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Chapter 53 - Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Pregnancy

from Section 9 - Hematologic Conditions in Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2023

By
Paula D. James  and
Laura M. Gaudet
Edited by
Amira El-Messidi  and
Alan D. Cameron
Amira El-Messidi
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Alan D. Cameron
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Summary

During your call duty, a healthy 32-year-old primigravida at 22+3 weeks’ gestation, confirmed by first-trimester sonography, presents to the obstetrics emergency assessment unit of your hospital center with new-onset, asymptomatic port-wine-colored urine with chills and an oral temperature of 39.1°C at home; she also notes a two-day history of headache, now accompanied by visual changes. Your obstetric trainee informs you that clinical history is not suggestive of an infectious etiology, although comprehensive investigations are pending. She has no obstetric complaints, and fetal viability was ascertained upon presentation. Routine prenatal laboratory investigations, aneuploidy screening, and fetal morphology survey were unremarkable. The laboratory urgently notifies you that the platelet concentration is 12 × 109/L, confirmed on manual count; other requested laboratory tests are in progress.

Keywords

Thrombotic microangiopathy, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), acquired and congenital TTP, pregnancyDiagnosis, criteria, pentadPathophysiologyMicroangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA)Perinatal risks, complications, maternal-fetal morbidity, adverse outcomeAntepartum, intrapartum, postpartum managementPlasma exchangePreconception counselingPreeclampsia, HELLP syndrome
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OSCEs in Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine
An Evidence-Based Approach
 , pp. 680 - 689
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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