title: Pure red cell aplasia and acute hepatitis during pregnancy.
abstract: Pure red cell aplasia during pregnancy is rare. We present a case in a 26-year-old pregnant woman, referred to our hospital at 31 weeks' gestation because of severe anemia caused by acute hepatitis. She was treated with repeated blood transfusions and the pure red cell aplasia gradually remitted during the pregnancy. A live infant was delivered by cesarean section at 34 weeks' gestation. Postpartum, the pure red cell aplasia and hemolytic anemia remitted completely. Our case illustrates that pure red cell aplasia may occur late in pregnancy associated with acute viral hepatitis and is reversible during pregnancy without any necessity for steroid therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. yasumasa@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasumasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Atsuo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Itakura
authors.forename: Michiyo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Shigehiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizutani
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000209:etiology; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D012010:Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure / Q000209:etiology*