COVID-19 and Pregnancy: An Unusual Case with Multi-Systemic Failure

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Barta A Cheron AC Christophe JL Doucet F Corinne Hubinont

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Corinne Hubinont
Department of Obstetrics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium

A B S T R A C T

In December 2019, a new strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was discovered in Wuhan and quickly became responsible for a worldwide pandemic. The first case reports of COVID-19 in pregnant patients are reassuring and no severe maternal-fetal complications have been reported. We present a case of SARSCoV-2 infection during pregnancy presenting with renal and liver failure, suggesting similarity with pregnancy related HELLP syndrome and gestational cholestasis.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Fri 03, Jul 2020
Accepted: Thu 16, Jul 2020
Published: Wed 22, Jul 2020

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© 2023 Corinne Hubinont. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.CROGR.2020.02.04