Journal of Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine 2013 , Vol 4, Issue 2
A Rare Cause of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Review of the Literature: Amniotic Fluid Embolism
Ali Kemal Kadiroğlu 1 , Sıddık Evsen 2 , M.Erdal Sak 2 , Dilek Geneş 3 , Sezgin Barutçu 3 , Serdar Değirmenci 3 , Şengül Topçu 3 , Serdar Yıldırım 3 , Yaşar Yıldırım 4 , Zülfükar Yılmaz 4 , Sinan Dal 5
1Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı ve Nefroloji Bilim Dalı, Diyarbakır, Türkiye
2Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kadın Doğum Anabilim Dalı, Diyarbakır, Türkiye
3Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Diyarbakır, Türkiye
4Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Nefroloji Bilim Dalı, Diyarbakır, Türkiye
5Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Hematoloji Bilim Dalı, Diyarbakır, Türkiye
DOI : 10.5152/dcbybd.2013.355

Amniotic fluid embolism is a rare but a leading cause of maternal and fetal mortality. Etiopathogenesis is still unknown; it is an obstetric emergency with high mortality rates at birth or shortly after birth, characterized by the sudden onset of hypotension, hypoxia and severe coagulopathy. In this article a 35 year old woman whose preterm pregnancy resulted in maternal and fetal death was presented. We aimed to present a case of amniotic fluid embolism whose rare causes are associated with wide cranial and pulmonery embolism for differential diagnosis during pregnancy.

Keywords : Amniotic fluid embolism, disseminated intravascular coagulation, pulmonary thromboembolism