title: [An observation of HELLP syndrome with fatal outcome].
abstract: The paper describes the morphopathological changes found at autopsy of a 42-year-old pregnant woman whose death was due to HELLP syndrome (Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes, and Low Platelets) that is rarely encountered in autopsy practice and that is a type of preeclampsia. It considers the morphogenesis of these changes in the light of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Morphological Pathology and Clinical Expertise, I.I. Dzhanelidze Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Emergency Care.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Povzun
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, I.I. Dzhanelidze Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Emergency Care, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: L Sh
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Gorbakova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D017359:HELLP Syndrome / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy