Severe eclampsia and HELLP syndrome at 18 weeks of pregnancy in a patient with chronic hypertension
Journal Title: Journal of Acute Disease - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
Preeclampsia is a pregnancy specific disease characterized by hypertension and proteinuria, by definition, developing after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Here we present an atypical case of severe preeclampsia complicated by generalized convulsions (eclampsia) and hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count syndrome in an 18 weeks pregnant patient with chronic hypertension. Occurrence of these complications was preceded by upper right quadrant abdominal pain and severe hypertension. In this case no evidence of autoimmunity disorders or molar pregnancy was found.
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Tomasz Wojewoda, Edyta Unkiewicz, Ewa Wojewoda-Chmiel, Piotr Bijak, Michał Bogusiewicz
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