title: Postpartum hemorrhage and emergency hysterectomy in a patient with mitochondrial myopathy: a case report.
abstract: Mitochondrial myopathies are a rare biochemical group of disorders of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. We report the first case in the literature of a pregnant woman with mitochondrial myopathy who, after cesarean section, had a severe and massive postpartum hemorrhage that required emergency supracervical hysterectomy. We discuss the case and review the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, 07100 Viale San Pietro 12, Sassari, Italy. dessole@uniss.it
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dessole
authors.forename: Giampiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capobianco
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ambrosini
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Battista Nardelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D017240:Mitochondrial Myopathies; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology