High-risk dialysis: pregnancy in a patient with extended Stanford-B-aneurysm of the aorta and end-stage renal disease.

Pregnancy in women with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing dialysis treatment is uncommon but increasingly observed over the last few years [1]. The outcome in pregnancies in dialysed women is greatly influenced by maternal risk factors. During gestation, various risks may appear including the mother’s fluid overload, hypertension, anaemia and an increased risk for fetal and perinatal complications such as neonatal mortality, prematurity and small-for-gestational-age [2,3]. Here, we report on a 40-year-old female patient who developed ESRD due to an extended Stanford-Baneurysm of the aorta 1 year prior to conception. Nonetheless, the child was delivered successfully by caesarian section after 31 weeks of gestation.