Erschienen in:
01.06.2013 | Case Report
Pregnancy Induced Haemophagocytic Syndrome
verfasst von:
Anuj Shukla, Amandeep Kaur, H. S. Hira
Erschienen in:
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
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Ausgabe 3/2013
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Excerpt
Hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is a rare, fatal disorder, presenting with fever, pancytopenia, liver dysfunctions, hepatosplenomegaly, hypertriglyceridemia, and hyperferritinemia [
1]. HPS may be primary related to genetic mutations or secondary to various infections, malignancies and rheumatic conditions [
2]. These antigenic stimuli cause uncontrolled immune reaction with a cytokine storm and activated macrophages that can be fatal. Anecdotal reports of pregnancy-induced HPS are available [
3,
4]. We report a case of pregnancy induced HPS which was almost fatal for the mother but she recovered after spontaneous abortion. …