[Gestational malaria: HELLP syndrome mistaken diagnosis].
Malaria is one of the most important parasitic infections in Mexico and Latin America. Here we report a case of a 21 year-old female with 38.4 weeks of pregnancy and previous hospitalization due to malaria. Showing a thick drop negative test she was referred to Mexico City Hospital de la Mujer with presumptive diagnosis of preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. During her stay in ICU she developed malarial paroxysm and Plasmodium vivax was identified, conducting to specific therapy.
Castillo Medina
Nayra Marizol
NM
Servicio de terapia intensiva para adultos, Hospital de la Mujer, Secretaría de Salud, México, DF.
Velázquez Fonseca
Julián
J
Hernández Pacheco
José Antonio
JA
Acevedo Tacuba
José Luis
JL
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D017359:HELLP Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy