A Clinical Study on Pancytopenia in Pregnancy in Women of Rural Haryana

Abstract

Pancytopenia is defined as reduction of all the three cellular elements of blood- resulting in anemia, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. This clinical study was undertaken in a tertiary care medical college serving Gurugram district of Haryana, North India. 50 pregnant patients were found with pancytopenia, most were multigravidae, presented at term, commonest complaints being pain abdomen & leaking per vaginum, postpartum hemorrhage being the most commonly encountered complication.