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Ginekologia i Poloznictwo
ISSN 1896-3315 e-ISSN 1898-0759

Aplastic anemia and pregnancy ? a case report


Abstract

Author(s): MAJA KUFELNICKA-BABOUT1, ANNA SZMIGIELSKA-KAPŁON2, JAROSŁAW KALINKA1

Aplastic anemia is a rare serious disease (2–6 cases/1 million/year), which can be diagnosedalso in pregnant women. In the blood count, anemia, thrombocytopenia and leukopenia arepresent. The symptoms of hemorrhagic diathesis and the tendency to infection with a seriousoutcome is usually observed. The management of a patient with aplastic anemia during pre-gnancy requires close cooperation between obstetricians and hematologists. Due to the incre-ased risk of hemorrhage and infections during pregnancy, delivery and post-partum period,there is a significant risk of demise for both the mother and her child.The article presents the case of a 29-year-old patient with pancytopenia (first detected after14 weeks of gestation) and subsequent aplastic anemia