An alarming but self-limited case of isolated large spontaneous liver hematoma in pregnancy

Spontaneous subcapsular liver hematoma is rare but potentially life-threatening complication of pregnancy usually associated with severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets). We present here a case of such a large spontaneous liver hematoma presentin...

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Autores principales: Shakya, Vikal Chandra, Regmi, Mohan Chandra, Sah, Pannalal, Khaniya, Sudeep, Adhikary, Shailesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3612875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23560119
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2013.14.36.1829
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Sumario:Spontaneous subcapsular liver hematoma is rare but potentially life-threatening complication of pregnancy usually associated with severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets). We present here a case of such a large spontaneous liver hematoma presenting in pregnancy, but without other known associated abnormalities, which has not been described before and it resolved on itself without any intervention.

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