Successful treatment of massive pulmonary embolism in a pregnant woman complicated with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.

The treatment of the massive pulmonary embolism concomitant hemodynamic instability in pregnancy is difficult and controversial and carries a high risk for both the baby and the mother. The catheter-directed thrombectomy with or without extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support may be a suitable management strategy in suitable cases but pregnancy-related complications may follow the treatment of pulmonary embolism and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis. We present a case of a 32-year-old patient who had a pulmonary embolism with shock in the 8th week of pregnancy complicated by atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.