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Fetal malformations in an epileptic pregnant woman treated with carbamazepine
1Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Bari, Italy.
We report a case of an epileptic pregnant woman at 20 weeks of gestation treated with carbamazepine, whose fetus was affected by major malformations probably due to the drug teratogenicity. After a therapeutic abortion minor malformations were also found. After seven months the patient was pregnant again, at 14 weeks of gestation she aborted spontaneously a fetus with no malformations. During this pregnancy the patient took a reduced dosage of carbamazepine.
We report a case of an epileptic pregnant woman at 20 weeks of gestation treated with carbamazepine, whose fetus was affected by major malformations probably due to the drug teratogenicity. After a therapeutic abortion minor malformations were also found. After seven months the patient was pregnant again, at 14 weeks of gestation she aborted spontaneously a fetus with no malformations. During this pregnancy the patient took a reduced dosage of carbamazepine.