Cytomegalovirus may mimic the presentation of intrahepatic cholestasis and hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets in immunosuppressed pregnant women

Most published cases of cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy relate to congenital abnormalities in neonates infected in early pregnancy, while the mother remains asymptomatic. We describe a diagnostically challenging case of an immunosuppressed woman with scleroderma who developed deranged liver function tests attributed to intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets syndrome but was ultimately found to have disseminated cytomegalovirus. Cytomegalovirus can present in a myriad of ways. Clinicians caring for immunocompromised pregnant women should consider cytomegalovirus as a possible differential diagnosis when reviewing abnormal liver function tests.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Obstetric medicine - 9(2016), 3 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 135-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wander, Gurleen [VerfasserIn]
Neuberger, Francesa [VerfasserIn]
Dhanjal, Mandish K [VerfasserIn]
Nelson-Piercy, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Soh, May Ching [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Cytomegalovirus infection
HELLP syndrome
Immunocompromised
Pregnancy
Scleroderma

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Date Completed 16.09.2016

Date Revised 01.10.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/1753495X16641807

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM264361466