Postpartum hemorrhage and emergency hysterectomy in a patient with mitochondrial myopathy: a case report

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  • 1Department of Pharmacology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, 07100 Viale San Pietro 12, Sassari, Italy. dessole@uniss.it

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|February 20, 2003
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Mitochondrial myopathies are a rare biochemical group of disorders of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. We report the first case in the literature of a pregnant woman with mitochondrial myopathy who, after cesarean section, had a severe and massive postpartum hemorrhage that required emergency supracervical hysterectomy. We discuss the case and review the literature.

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