Perinatal Management for a Pregnant Woman with anMYH9Disorder

Perinatal Management for a Pregnant Woman with an MYH9 Disorder

We diagnosed a primipara woman with an MYH9 disorder during her pregnancy. A peripheral blood smear with an immunofluorescence analysis is the established method of diagnosing MYH9 disorders. We provided genetic counseling, as required, which included apprising the woman of the inheritance pattern, the importance of a genetic analysis, and the potential delivery risks for the patient and her of...

A Pregnant Woman with Factor V Deficiency

Management of Anesthesia During Splenectomy and Cholecystectomy in a Pregnant Woman With Hereditary Spherocytosis

Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is a familial hemolytic disorder with intracorpuscular mechanism that characterized by the production of red blood cells with sphere-like shape prone to hemolysis and can lead to hemolytic anemia, splenomegaly, jaundice and gallstones. One of the main reasons for referring these patients to the operating room is splenectomy and cholecystectomy to treat the complica...

A simplified management of diabetic pregnant woman.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a simplified management of diabetic pregnant women. METHODS A prospective study of the management of all diabetic pregnant women (74) during 2 years from March 1995-March 1997 was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Wad Medani Teaching Hospital, Sudan. Diabetes was diagnosed by an oral glucose tolerance test according to the World Health Organizatio...

Preoperative Emboli in a Pregnant Woman with Myxoma

The left atrium is the most common location of myxomas, which are benign tumors. Only a few cases of myxomas in pregnancies have been reported. Our thorough medical literature search showed only 17 reported cases in the course of pregnancy. Myxomas during pregnancy and in the preterm period constitute a serious phenomenon that can mimic an early sign of a life-threatening pathology like severe ...