Juniper Publishers: Successful Management of Pregnancy and Cesarean Section in a Patient with a Qualitative Variant of Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS- JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH Journal of Gynecology and Women’s Health-Juniper Publishers Authored by Cécile Choux* Short Communication A 19-year-old woman with a qualitative variant of Glanzmann Thrombasthenia (GT) was referred to our department for her first pregnancy. The diagnosis of GT was revealed by epistaxis and gingival bleeding. Her history of bleeding was limited to dental procedures and haemorrhagic rupture of an ovarian cyst under platelet transfusion. Her husband had normal platelet function tests and no consanguinity was suspected. No anti-GPIIb-IIIa and anti-HLA antibodies were detected before the pregnancy. No bleeding occurred during the pregnancy. At 38 weeks, the membranes ruptur...