HYPOFIBRINOGENAEMIA FOLLOWING RETAINED PLACENTA IN A CASE OF ABDOMINAL PREGNANCY AT TERM

IN recent years considerable attention has been focussed on the problem of afibrinogenaemia and hypofibrinogenaemia. In the field of obstetrics, this condition has been recognized with placenta abruptio, amniotic fluid embolism, and the prolonged retention of a dead foetus in utero. Less frequently it has been encountered following incompatible transfusions, toxaemia and septic abortion. No record has been found in the literature of a case of hypofibrinogenaemia co-existing with a retained placenta following an abdominal pregnancy. For this reason the following case report is presented.