Pregnancy in a patient with Goodpasture syndrome and renal transplantation.
Patients with Goodpasture syndrome have classically had decreased fertility and associated pregnancy wastage. Renal transplantation can increase the likelihood of successful pregnancy. We describe a patient who carried a pregnancy into the third trimester and had a good neonatal outcome. However, she developed superimposed preeclampsia with subsequent graft rejection.
Wells
S R
SR
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7570, USA.
Kuller
J A
JA
Thorp
J M
JM
D000328:Adult; D019867:Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome