Primary dissecting hepatic artery aneurysm in pregnancy.
A 32-year-old 32 weeks pregnant primigravida presented with acute abdomen and died 13 h later. She was normotensive during her antenatal period and on admission. At postmortem, a primary dissecting aneurysm of the main hepatic artery extending into its intrahepatic right branch was found. The cause of the dissection was presumably pregnancy-related.
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Department of Pathology, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, Denmark Hill, SE5, London, UK .
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000473:pathology*