Narendhran, Narmadha and Hameed, Jamila and Abhinaya and Salguna, Vivek (2014) MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDER WITH PREGNANCY. JOURNAL OF EVOLUTION OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES-JEMDS, 3.0 (18). pp. 4847-4849. ISSN 2278-4748
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Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a term involving the features of lupus systemic sclerosis, polymyositis, rheumatoid arthritis and high titre of anti ribonucleoprotein (RNP) antibodies, exact etiology is not known. It is characterized by microvascular damage, immune system activation leading to inflammation and excessive deposition of collagen in the skin, lungs, heart, gastrointestinal tract and kidneys. The females are being more affected especially after childbirth attributed to the hypothesis of microchimerism, the pathogenesis being a two way migration of fetal cells through the placenta. It cannot be cured completely but treatment with corticosteroids is helpful. ACE inhibitors are useful in renal involvement and hypertension. We had a case of mixed connective tissue disorder in a patient aged 28 years with 12 weeks of gestation for medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) and permanent sterilization. The complications are preeclampsia, preterm labor, fetal growth restriction, eclampsia, thrombocytopenia and infections like pneumonia, sepsis like syndrome and the maternal mortality rate is 325/100000. This is a unique case of MCTD wherein we had limited cutaneous disease like CREST-calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal involvement, sclerodactyly and telangiectasia of a lesser degree. So early diagnosis and timely intervention is advocated to prevent complications.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mixed connective tissue disorder, Pregnancy, Termination of pregnancy |
| Subjects: | Medicine > Medicine, General & Internal |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Vinayaka Mission's Medical College and Hospital, Karaikal > Obstetrics & Gynaecology Medicine > Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital, Salem > Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email techsupport@mosys.org |
| Last Modified: | 06 Feb 2026 06:51 |
| URI: | https://ir.vmrfdu.edu.in/id/eprint/6094 |
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