title: Severe aplastic anaemia relapsing during a pregnancy; spontaneous remission following termination.
abstract: The case of a 29-year-old woman with aplastic anaemia in remission who relapsed during pregnancy is reported here. Following successful Caesarean delivery, spontaneous remission was obtained and the patient remains well thereafter. Pathogenetic and therapeutic aspects of this rare complication of pregnancy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Laikon General Hospital, Greece. imeletis@atlas.uoa.gr
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meletis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samarkos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mesogitis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meletis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mougiou
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Terpos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsimberidou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andreopoulos
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konstantopoulos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Loukopoulos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000209:etiology*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence