A Case Reporton 29-Year-old Pregnant Female, 36-Week Gestation, Presented with Sudden Onset of Severe Back Pain, Followed by Dyspnea, Shock, Hemothorax and Sudden Death: Very Rare Cause of Maternal Mortality During The Covid-19 Pandemic

Khin Phyu Pyar (1)
(1) a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:197:"Professor and Head/ Senior Consultant Physician, Department of Medicine/ Department of Nephrology, Defence Services Medical Academy/ No. (1) Defence Services General Hospital (1000-Bedded), Myanmar";} , Myanmar

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Vol. 5 No. 03 (2022)
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    pregnancy, back pain, dyspnea, shock, hemothorax, cardiac arrest, arteriovenous malformation, intercostal artery
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A 29-year-old female with 36 weeks pregnancy, previously healthy, presented with severe back pain at interscapular region followed by dyspnea, shock and, hemothorax. She had sudden cardiac arrest during diagnostic pleural aspiration. Post-mortemexamination revealed normal descending aorta and massive hemothoraxprobably due to rupture of arteriovenous malformation of intercostal artery or pulmonary vasculature.


 

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Khin Phyu Pyar
a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:197:"Professor and Head/ Senior Consultant Physician, Department of Medicine/ Department of Nephrology, Defence Services Medical Academy/ No. (1) Defence Services General Hospital (1000-Bedded), Myanmar";}
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Phyu Pyar, K. (2022). A Case Reporton 29-Year-old Pregnant Female, 36-Week Gestation, Presented with Sudden Onset of Severe Back Pain, Followed by Dyspnea, Shock, Hemothorax and Sudden Death: Very Rare Cause of Maternal Mortality During The Covid-19 Pandemic. Journal of Medical Case Reports and Reviews, 5(03). Retrieved from https://jmcrr.info/index.php/jmcrr/article/view/193
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