Unilateral lower limb oedema in pregnancy.

A 21 years old lady was admitted with severe pain and swelling of left lower limb in a pregnancy of 34 weeks of period of gestation. On examination there was pitting oedema of the whole left lower limb with extreme tenderness. Doppler USG of left femoral vein showed a thrombus in the process of recanalisation and no significant flow was demonstrated inside the lumen and USG for foetoplacental profile showed a single live foetus of gestational age 34 weeks. The case was diagnosed as deep venous thrombosis in pregnancy. She was treated with heparin injection 5000 unit subcutaneously twice daily throughout pregnancy along with antibiotics. In spite of proper management she developed extensive ulceration in left lower limb. She delivered normally a healty male child after induction with oxytocin dirp. The postpartum period was uneventful. Throughout this period heparin was continued and she was referred to surgery department for skin grafting.

Myelodysplastic syndrome in pregnancy--a rare cause of severe anaemia in pregnancy.

A 28-year-old woman presented with severe anaemia in pregnancy at a period of gestation of 20 weeks. She was immediately admitted and after proper investigation it was seen that her Hb was 3.5 g/dl and platelet count was 62,000/cmm, RBC showed normocytic, normochromic morphology. There was neither hepatosplenomegaly nor any purpuric spot over the body. Bone marrow showed dyserythropoiesis and its chromosomal study revealed monosomy-7. Her pregnancy was continued till term with repeated packed cell and platelet concentrate transfusions. Normal healthy baby was delivered by caesarean section and she was discharged after 6 days.