CASE REPORT
Year : 2015  |  Volume : 8  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 537-539

Ascites in a case of severe preeclampsia with twin gestation


Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, India

Correspondence Address:
Priyanka Gupta
Department Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College Pimri, Pune - 411 018, Maharashtra
India
Login to access the Email id

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.160832

Rights and Permissions

We report a rare case of massive maternal ascites complicating severe preeclampsia in a case of twin gestation. This complication developed in association with severe hypertension and marked proteinuria. Ascites has been reported at cesarean section delivery in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia. Hypoproteinemia caused by the excretion of large amounts of protein in the urine seems to be a partial etiological factor aggravated by the renal retention of sodium and water. The onset of massive ascites causes respiratory compromise in all the patients. Careful antenatal assessment and informed anticipation may help in detecting more cases with this complication, which is often missed and thereby help in reducing both maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this report is to increase the awareness of such nonclassical and atypical features of preeclampsia.


[FULL TEXT] [PDF]*
Print this article     Email this article
 Next article
 Previous article
 Table of Contents

 Similar in PUBMED
   Search Pubmed for
   Search in Google Scholar for
 Related articles
 Citation Manager
 Access Statistics
 Reader Comments
 Email Alert *
 Add to My List *
 * Requires registration (Free)
 

 Article Access Statistics
    Viewed6959    
    Printed137    
    Emailed0    
    PDF Downloaded273    
    Comments [Add]    

Recommend this journal