Causes of thrombocytopenia in pregnancy.
| Isolated thrombocytopenia |
| Gestational |
| Immune (ITP) |
| Drug-induced |
| Type IIb von Willebrand disease |
| Congenital |
| Thrombocytopenia associated with systemic disorders |
| Pregnancy-specific |
| Preeclampsia |
| HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver function tests, low platelets syndrome) |
| Acute fatty liver |
| Not pregnancy specific |
| Thrombotic microangiopathies |
| Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura |
| Hemolytic uremic syndrome |
| Systemic lupus erythematosus |
| Antiphospholipid antibodies |
| Disseminated intravascular coagulation |
| Viral infection (human immunodeficiency virus [HIV],Epstein-Barr virus [EBV], cytomegalovirus [CMV]) |
| Bone marrow dysfunction (primary or secondary) |
| Nutritional deficiency |
| Hypersplenism |
| Isolated thrombocytopenia |
| Gestational |
| Immune (ITP) |
| Drug-induced |
| Type IIb von Willebrand disease |
| Congenital |
| Thrombocytopenia associated with systemic disorders |
| Pregnancy-specific |
| Preeclampsia |
| HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver function tests, low platelets syndrome) |
| Acute fatty liver |
| Not pregnancy specific |
| Thrombotic microangiopathies |
| Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura |
| Hemolytic uremic syndrome |
| Systemic lupus erythematosus |
| Antiphospholipid antibodies |
| Disseminated intravascular coagulation |
| Viral infection (human immunodeficiency virus [HIV],Epstein-Barr virus [EBV], cytomegalovirus [CMV]) |
| Bone marrow dysfunction (primary or secondary) |
| Nutritional deficiency |
| Hypersplenism |