Acute splenic sequestration in a pregnant woman with homozygous sickle-cell anemia Sequestro esplênico agudo em uma mulher grávida com anemia falciforme homozigótica

Acute splenic sequestration in a pregnant woman with homozygous sickle-cell anemia Sequestro esplênico agudo em uma mulher grávida com anemia falciforme homozigótica

CONTEXT Homozygous (SS) sickle-cell anemia complicated by acute splenic sequestration in adults is a rare event, and it has never been reported during pregnancy. CASE REPORT A 25-year-old woman with homozygous (SS) sickle-cell disease was hospitalized at 32 weeks' of gestation presenting weak...

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Main Authors: Carolina Bastos Maia, Roseli Mieko Yamamoto Nomura, Ana Maria Kondo Igai, Guilherme Hencklain Fonseca, Sandra Menosi Gualandro, Marcelo Zugaib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina 2013-04-01
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
Subjects:
Anemia falciforme
Gravidez
Sofrimento fetal
Monitorização fetal
Baço
Anemia, sickle cell
Pregnancy
Fetal distress
Fetal monitoring
Spleen
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