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
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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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author Shakya, Vikal Chandra
Regmi, Mohan Chandra
Sah, Pannalal
Khaniya, Sudeep
Adhikary, Shailesh
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description 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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spelling pubmed-36128752013-04-04 An alarming but self-limited case of isolated large spontaneous liver hematoma in pregnancy Shakya, Vikal Chandra Regmi, Mohan Chandra Sah, Pannalal Khaniya, Sudeep Adhikary, Shailesh Pan Afr Med J Case Report 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. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2013-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3612875/ /pubmed/23560119 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2013.14.36.1829 Text en © Vikal Chandra Shakya et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short An alarming but self-limited case of isolated large spontaneous liver hematoma in pregnancy
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2013.14.36.1829
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