title: Peripartum acute liver failure from a vaso-occlusive crisis in a patient with sickle cell trait.
abstract: Acute liver failure during pregnancy is a rare and potentially fatal occurrence. Sickle cell (SC) crises, when precipitated by pregnancy, usually affect patients with SC disease. We report a case of peripartum acute liver failure due to SC vaso-occlusive crisis of the liver in a patient with SC trait.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indianapolis, IN, USA. kkhozaim@iupui.edu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khozaim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schellinger
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D058725:Peripartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications*