Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation due to Amniotic Fluid Embolism in an Early Molar Pregnancy

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a disruption of hemostasis and imbalance between thrombosis and thrombolysis. DIC can result in life-threatening bleeding, clot formation, and multi-system end organ damage. Although the prevalence of DIC in pregnancy is low, ranging from 0.03-0.35%, the prevalence increases in pregnancies complicated by comorbidities such as placental abruption, postpartum hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia, hemolysis elevated liver enzymes and low platelets (HELLP syndrome) and pregnancies complicated by amniotic fluid embolism syndrome (AFES).