(1) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, South 1, West 16, Chou-ku, Sapporo, 060, Japan, JP
Abstract:
Case: We present a case of HELLP syndrome occuring in a patient who at the age of 8 years had undergone a splenectomy for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. She was diagnosed as having HELLP syndrome 37 weeks of gestation and had a cesarean section. Received: 4 June 1996 / Accepted: 7 October 1996