Pregnancy associated aplastic anemia: maternal and fetal outcome.
OBJECTIVE
To study the maternal and fetal outcome in cases of aplastic anemia associated with pregnancy.


METHODS
Retrospective analysis of seven cases of aplastic anemia diagnosed during pregnancy.


RESULTS
Four patients had an overall successful pregnancy outcome. These were all cases of non-severe aplastic anemia. There was one case each of intrauterine and neonatal death in the severe aplastic anemia group. There was one maternal mortality.


CONCLUSIONS
Maternal and fetal outcome is poor in severe aplastic anemia.
Deka
Deepika
D
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Malhotra
Neena
N
Sinha
Alka
A
Banerjee
Neelam
N
Kashyap
Rajesh
R
Roy
Kallol K
KK
D000328:Adult; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012189:Retrospective Studies