title: [Acute hepatic steatosis in pregnancy: with special reference to a new case].
abstract: Acute fatty infiltration of the liver in pregnancy as defined by Sheehan in 1940 often has a fatal outcome for the mother and the child. The authors report a case of acute fatty infiltration of the liver in pregnancy with a favourable outcome. They found 15 cases in the French literature: the outcome is fatal in 50% of the cases because of hepatocellular failure or of the hemorrhagic syndrome. When the outcome is successful the hepatic lesions disappear completely.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality
vernacular_title: La stéatose hépatique aiguë gravidique: mise au point à propos d'une nouvelle observation.