Decompensated cirrhosis and pregnancy: a case report.
The association of decompensated cirrhosis and pregnancy is rare. Portal hypertension exposure to gastrointestinal bleeding from a ruptured esophageal varix may at any time complicate the course of the disease. We report the case of a 24-year-old patient who delivered at 35 weeks/four days of gestation with decompensated cirrhosis secondary to viral hepatitis B; icterus, oedema, and ascites were present. The postpartum course was uneventful despite the biological disorder of coagulation.
Department of Gynaecology Obstetrics, CHU Cocody, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. kouakof2000@yahoo.fr
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000821:virology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk