Dessole Salvatore, Capobianco Giampiero, Ambrosini Guido, Battista Nardelli Giovanni
Department of Pharmacology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, 07100 Viale San Pietro 12, Sassari, Italy.
Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2003 Feb;267(4):247-9. doi: 10.1007/s00404-002-0382-8. Epub 2002 Sep 26.
Mitochondrial myopathies are a rare biochemical group of disorders of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. We report the first case in the literature of a pregnant woman with mitochondrial myopathy who, after cesarean section, had a severe and massive postpartum hemorrhage that required emergency supracervical hysterectomy. We discuss the case and review the literature.