A Case of Aplastic Anemia in Pregnancy.

Park, Young Hwa; Park, Ji Young; Lim, Su Young; Lee, Dong Ook; Cho, Yong; Ro, Eu Sun; Shin, Dong Hoon

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2004;47(5):992-995.
Published online May 1, 2004.

A Case of Aplastic Anemia in Pregnancy.

Young Hwa Park, Ji Young Park, Su Young Lim, Dong Ook Lee, Yong Cho, Eu Sun Ro, Dong Hoon Shin

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon, Korea.
²Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon, Korea.

Abstract

Pregnancy complicated by aplastic anemia is uncommon condition with the significant morbidity and mortality rates. the main complication to mother is hemorrhage due to thrombocytopenia and sepsis due to leukopenia and mortality rate in pregnancy complicated by aplastic anemia is more than 20%. But it remain controversy whether pregnancy play a pathogenic role in the development of the disease. We experienced a patient with severe aplastic anemia in pregnancy who was treated with supportive transfusion of red blood cells and platelets and so we present it here with brief review of literature.

Key Words: Aplastic anemia, Pregnancy, Thrombocytopenia, Leukopenia