A pregnant mother is treated with oral anticoagulant.The likely congenital malformation that may result in the fetus is:
Correct Answer: Chondrodysplasia Punctata
Description: Warfarin is an anticoagulant drug.
Action : Interferes with the synthesis of the vitamin K dependent factors like II, VII, IX and X.
Side effects:
Hemorrhage
It leads to:
– Contradi’s syndrome : skeletal and facial anomalies in the fetus
– Chondrodysplasia punctata in the fetus.
Miscarriage, IUGR and stillbirths accentuates neonatal hypothrombinemia.
Category:
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
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