Henoch-Schönlein (anaphylactoid) nephropathy in pregnancy.
A rare case of Henoch-Schönlein nephropathy in pregnancy is described. The course of the patient's stable nephrotic syndrome was unchanged in early and middle pregnancy. The early third trimester was complicated by superimposed pregnancy-induced hypertension and deterioration of renal and placental function. Methylprednisolone was employed to induce fetal pulmonary surfactant maturation in this high-risk obstetric case; premature delivery was required at 31 weeks' gestation. The 1320-g infant survived without respiratory distress syndrome. The mother tolerated surgery well and within a week after surgery was approaching her prepregnancy renal status.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000150:complications*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third