Thrombotic microangiopathy in the maternity ward from the anaesthesiologist‘s perspective – a case study
Trombotická mikroangiopatie na porodnici z pohledu anesteziologa – kazuistika
Trombotické mikroangiopatie (TMA) představují v porodnictví závažnou diagnostickou i terapeutickou výzvu; jakékoli prodlení zvyšuje mortalitu a morbiditu matek. Popisujeme případ 29leté druhorodičky, u níž eklamptický záchvat vyžadoval urgentní císařský řez. Přetrvávající těžká hypertenze spolu s akutním renálním selháním, mikroangiopatickou neimunitní hemolytickou anémií a trombocytopenií vedly k rychlé diagnóze komplementem zprostředkované TMA (cm TMA/atypického hemolyticko uremického syndromu). Promptní nasazení inhibitoru komplementu (eculizumab) v kombinaci s dočasnou intermitentní hemodialýzou vedlo k záchraně renálních funkcí. Kazuistika podtrhuje význam časné diferenciální diagnostiky TMA v těhotenství a přínos cílené komplement inhibiční terapie.
Klíčová slova:
plazmaferéza – atypický hemolyticko-uremický syndrom – eklampsie – trombocytopenie – sectio caesarea – mikroangiopatická hemolytická anémie – HELLP
Authors:
N. Čechák; P. Nosková
Authors‘ workplace:
Klinika anesteziologie, resuscitace a intenzivní medicíny 1. LF UK a VFN v Praze
Published in:
Transfuze Hematol. dnes,32, 2026, No. Ahead of Print, p. 1-4.
Category:
Case Reports
doi:
https://doi.org/10.48095/cctahd202603
Overview
Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMAs) represent a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in obstetrics; any delay increases maternal mortality and morbidity. We describe the case of a 29-year-old multiparous woman (second delivery) in whom an eclamptic seizure necessitated an emergency caesarean section. Persistent severe hypertension, together with acute renal failure, microangiopathic non-immune haemolytic anaemia, and thrombocytopenia, led to the rapid diagnosis of complement-mediated TMA (cmTMA/atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome). Prompt initiation of complement inhibition therapy (eculizumab) in combination with temporary intermittent haemodialysis resulted in recovery of renal function. This case highlights the importance of early differential diagnosis of TMA in pregnancy and the benefit of targeted complement-inhibitory therapy.
Keywords:
plasmapheresis – Eclampsia – Thrombocytopenia – caesarean section – atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome – microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia – HELLP
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