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Year : 2019 | Volume
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Mallory-Weiss Syndrome complicating pregnancy – A rare near miss
Isha Chopra1, Sunil T Pandya1, Mangalampally Kiran Kumar1, Surapaneni Tarakeswari2, Hemamalini2, Madapu Manokanth1, Prabhakar Boddu3
1 Department of Anaesthesia, Pain Medicine and Obstetric Critical Care, Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India 2 Department of Obstetric Medicine, Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India 3 Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Century Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Isha Chopra Department of Anaesthesia, Pain Medicine and Obstetric Critical Care, Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana India
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DOI: 10.4103/joacc.JOACC_37_18
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Mallory-Weiss syndrome (MWS) rarely occurs during pregnancy and can lead to massive bleed if occurring in the third trimester. Unrecognized MWS may lead to life threatening hemorrhage and shock affecting maternal and fetal well-being. We describe a rare case of MWS in a pregnant patient at 36 weeks of gestation with underlying pre-eclampsia, acute kidney injury, and hemodynamic instability. The possibility of mucosal tears should be kept in mind in the absence of an obvious source of bleeding.
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