Another case from Malcolm

From: Malcolm Griffiths (malcolm@mgriff22.demon.co.uk)
Mon Jun 30 16:33:31 1997


Anyone who remembers the last case the histology confirmed the suspected left dermoid but the left ovary contained only a serous cystadenoma.

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1)      First pregnancy.
2)      36+ weeks.
3)      Presents to her FP at 36 weeks with generalised pruritis.
4)      She's read an article in lay ( parenting ) press about obstetric
cholestasis. She tells her FP that's what she thinks she's got.
5)      FP says no - you've got a rash - it must be a viral infection !
6)      Rash is maculo-papular, worst in groins, then legs, then upper
arms, scarcely anything on forearms, nothing on trunk.
7)      Liver function tests show raised bilirubin ( >20 ) and raised
transaminases. All other routine labs normal.
8)      Decide she does have obstetric cholestasis as she thought -
therefore given increased fetal risk ( supposedly ) and recently
reported observation that fetla demise is not always predicted by CTG,
etc ( AJOG article ), to induce her.
9)      Three doses of PGE2 later - no real change in cervix, she's
pyrexial, and increasingly unwell.
10)     What to do next ?
11)     Bear in mind it's now Saturday evening and its the NHS in UK (
~3rd World ).

Malcolm

Malcolm Griffiths MD,MRCOG,MFFP,Cert.Mgmnt Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Luton & Dunstable Hosp., LU6 2DT, UK. Tel: 01582-497459 (office) Fax: 01582-497376 01525-222849 (home) email: Malcolm@mgriff22.demon.co.uk http://www.obgyn.net/board/griffith.htm "It is dangerous to be right on a subject on which the established authorities are wrong." (Voltaire) "But sometimes it's fun :-)" (Griffiths)





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