title: Liver capsule rupture in eclampsia: treatment with hepatic artery embolisation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Spontaneous hepatic rupture associated with pregnancy is a rare and very serious complication associated with eclampsia or pre-eclampsia.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of hepatic rupture following eclampsia at 27 weeks gestation which was managed successfully by selective hepatic artery embolisation as an adjunct to liver packing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Selective embolisation of the hepatic artery is an effective means of therapy for hepatic artery bleeding and is an adjunct to liver packing in spontaneous hepatic rupture in eclamptic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Prince Charles Hospital, Gurnos Estate, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, CF47 DT, UK. tonygyang@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Anthony N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Gyang
authors.forename: Garima
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asaad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000628:therapy