Acute fatty liver of pregnancy with complicating disseminated intravascular coagulation.
A description is given of acute fatty liver of pregnancy in a 26-year-old primigravida who survived. Complicating disseminated intravascular coagulation was diagnosed at parturition, and the importance of early diagnosis of this is emphasized. A suggestion for treatment is given as a possible means of improving the prognosis in this mostly fatal disease.
D000328:Adult; D000990:Antithrombin III / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011379:Prognosis
D000990:Antithrombin III