Clinical Case Reports (Oct 2022)

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy accompanied with disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and encephalopathy: A case report

  • Saba Saleem Qazi,
  • Shiza Danish,
  • Anusha Akhai,
  • Hania Khwaja,
  • Muhammad Junaid Tahir,
  • Mohammed Mahmmoud Fadelallah Eljack,
  • Sabeeh Khawar Farooqui,
  • Muhammad Sohaib Asghar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6485
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 10
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

Read online

Abstract Acute fatty liver disease of pregnancy (AFLP) is a rare condition associated with other common liver manifestations such as hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets syndrome (HELLP). We present a 27‐year‐old pregnant woman who developed hepatic encephalopathy and DIC after being diagnosed with Acute fatty liver disease of pregnancy.

Keywords