PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A R Hurtarte Sandoval
AU  - J D Penate Dardón
AU  - B J Flores Robles
AU  - S Porres
TI  - Werner's syndrome: incidental finding during pregnancy
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2013-200931
DP  - 2013 Dec 03
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr2013200931
VI  - 2013
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-200931.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-200931.full
AB  - Werner's syndrome (WS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, characterised by skin changes prematurely during adolescence. An unusual case of WS was found in a 27-year-old pregnant woman who presented to the hospital with a history of uncontrolled hypertension at 32 weeks of gestation. All clinical features corresponding to WS (early aging of skin, hair loss, blurred vision and diabetes type 2) appeared to match with the prospective diagnosis, which was confirmed later with genetic testing. The pregnancy became complicated due to oligohydramnios and therefore a caesarean section was carried out in order to preserve the fetus. Despite all implemented efforts, the patient died intraoperative as a result of cardiac arrest and its complications. Successfully, the newborn survived and it was further investigated to exclude this condition.