Table 2.
Severe complications occurring during pregnancy or post-partum in women with HHT and published as case report (n = 31)
Complication | Study | Treatment T: Transfusion S: Surgery E: Embolisation D: Drain |
Date of events (wg) | Clinical presentation | Term of delivey (wg) | Maternal outcome | Fœtal outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Haemothorax | Texier et al. 2018 | T + S/HHT– | 26 | Chest pain | 40 | Good | Live infant |
Md Noh et al. 2018 | E/HHT– | 20 | Dyspnea | 20 | Small bowel active hemorrhage | Foetal death | |
Raiya et al. 2017 | D + E/HHT– | 23 | Dyspnea, chest pain | 40 | Good | Live infant | |
Jakobi et al. 2001 | S/HHT+ | 26 | Severe hypoxemia | 40 | Hypoxemia PP embolisation | SGA infant | |
Adegboyega et al. 1996 | D/HHT– | 29 | Dyspnea Chest pain | 40 | Discharged no sequelae | Live infant (CS) | |
Freixinet et al. 1995 | D + S/HHT? | 27 | Dyspnea | ? | Severe mitral regurgitation | Live infant | |
Bevelaqua et al. 1992 | D + E/HHT– | 26 | Dyspnea Chest pain | 40 | Diagnosed 6 wk | Live infant | |
Laroche et al. 1992 | D + S / HHT + | 29 | Dyspnea Chest pain | 37 | Post embolotherapy | Live infant | |
Gammon et al. 1990 | D + E / HHT - | 24 | Dyspnea Chest pain | 30 | Heart failure resolved | Live infant | |
Waring et al. 1990 | D + E/HHT + | 26 | Dyspnea | 32 | Heart failure resolved | Live infant | |
Hemoptysis | Banerjee et al. 2018 | 34 | Hemoptysis | – | Good | – | |
Tandon et al. 2017 | reE of PAVM/HHT+ | 32 | Unconscious and hypoxia | 37 | Good | Live infant (VD) | |
Yaniv-Salem et al. 2017 | reE of PAVM/HHT+ | 35 | Massive hemoptysis | 37 | Good | Live infant (VD) | |
Wispelaere et al. 1996 | −/HHT+ | 10 | Hemoptysis, transient loss of consciousness and tachycardia | Therapeutic abortion | Well, required resection of PAVM | – | |
Severe Hypoxemia | Worda et al. 2007 | −/HHT+ | 12 | Dyspnea, cyanosis | 32 | Clinically improved | Live infant (CS) |
Jakobi et al. 2001 | −/HHT+ | 25 | Hypoxemia IUGR | 25 | – | Foetal death | |
Swinburne et al. 1986 | −/HHT+ | 35 | Dyspnea, cyanosis | 35 |
Post partum PAVM surgery Active limited live |
Live infant (CS) | |
Cerebral Ischemic stroke | Swietlik et al. 2008 | Craniotom/HHT+ | 35 |
Headache and dyspnea Brain abscess + PAVM |
35 |
Post partum Hemothorax requiring re Embolisation |
Live infant (CS) |
Intracranial hemorrhage | Gillard et al. 1996 | CAVM surgery/HHT– | 21 | Right hemiplegia, aphasia | 38.5 | Post partum epilepsy, Right hemiparesis | Live infant (CS) |
Neau et al. 1988 | Brain surgery/HHT– | 30 | Right hemiplegia with aphasia violent headache and vomiting | 30 | Fatal (multiple CAVM, 5 hematomas) | Foetal death (VD) | |
Pulmonary edema | Euser et al. 2012 | HHT+ | 33 | Pre-eclampsia, extensive edema in her legs and face | 34 | Good | Live infant (CS) |
High output heart failure all related to liver AVM | Berthelot et al. 2015 | Diuretics/HHT– | 25 | Dyspnea | 33 | At day 16 post partum complete regression of congestive signs | Live infant (CS) |
Lai et al. 2010 | ?/HHT+ | 36 | Rest Dyspnea | 36 | Good | Live infant (CS) | |
Goussous et al. 2009 | ?/HHT- | 29 | Right sided heart failure and preterm labor | On post partum day 2: dyspnea and lower extremity edema | ? (CS) | ||
Livneh et al. 1988 | Diuretics/HHT+ | 26 | Weakness, dyspnea | 35 (?) | At 4 months Post partum Good | Live infant | |
Livneh et al. 1988 | Diuretics/HHT– | 26 | Dyspnea | 40 | At 4 months Post partum no more heart failure | Live infant | |
Hepatobiliary necrosis |
McInroy et al. 1998 | Post partum Liver transplantation HHT+ | 30 | Abdominal pain + fever | 30 | Biliary necrosis, liver transplant postpartum | Live infant |
Bauer et al. 1995 | Liver transplant HHT– | – | Abdominal pain dyspnea, Melaena | – | Liver transplant | – | |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | Hillert et al. 2001 | Liver transplantation/HHT+ | 27 |
Diffuse abdominal pain cholangitis |
29 | Good | Live infant (CS) |
Branch retinal artery occlusion | Askim et al. 2017 |
Subcutaneous Heparin + PAVM embolization/HHT– |
12 | Sudden painless scotoma in left eye | 40 | Good | Live infant (VD) |
Massive intraperitoneal haemorrhage | Sivarani et al. 2010 | HHT+ | 36 | High-output cardiac failure | 36 | Fatal (on post-partum: massive haemorrhage in the intra-peritoneal cavity with multiple AVMs in the gastrointestinal tract) | Live infant (CS) |
Legends: HHT- means that the diagnosis was not done before the complication and HHT+ means that the diagnosis was known before the complication. CS Cesarean section, PAVM Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation, SGA Small for gestational age, VD Vaginal delivery