[Giant retroperitoneal hematoma in the peripartum of a normal delivery, "expectative attitude"]

Abstract

We describe a case involving spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma complicating a normal delivery in a context of a Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIVC) at the end of the pregnancy. Given the defaced symptomatology, an abdomino-pelvic scanner and an examination with a general anaesthesia made it possible to diagnose and to monitor the hematoma in intensive care. The correction of the hemostasis troubles and of the anemia, without another invasive intervention, allowed a return to home at the eighth day. The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying development and practicable treatments of this post-partum hematoma are discussed.